Vocabulary
What does the word ‘glinting’ mean as it is used in paragraph 3?
Shining
Why does the author include the part of text where the narrator interacts with her roommate?
To get the story on the topic of rock climbing.
The word handholds in paragraph four is what kind of word?
Compound word
Why does the narrator feel safe even though the rocks were rough and sharp?
Probably because she’s climbed over rocks like that before.
Which paragraph tells you where the climb takes place?
Paragraph 2
What does the word ‘jagged’ mean as it is used in paragraph 4?
Sharp, cut roughly.
What is the climax of this story?
When the narrator loses her footing.
What is the base word of the word reminded (paragraph 6)?
Remind
Why did the narrator feel safe climbing the jagged rocks?
Because the path had handholds, anchors, and bolts.
Is the narrator
A. Very experienced climber(good)
B. Very new climber(bad)
C. Okay climber(still learning)
C.
Accomplishment means…
Something that has been achieved successfully.
At what point is the first paragraph in this text on plot mountain?
Beginning, exposition, background.
What suffix is in the word accomplishment (paragraph 6)?
-Ment
What made the climber desperate during the climb?
She lost her footing and her fingers were slipping.
Why was the narrator scared when her foot slipped?
Because she was really high up (it said she was halfway up the canyon by then, and it probably was really high up).
What word in paragraph 5 means feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.
Desperate
What part of the story is the deflation(falling action)?
When the narrator regained her footing.
Which word in the text would make sense to have the Latin root word surprendre, meaning “to overtake” or “unexpectedly seize.”
*Hint*: root words sounds similar to the word that is based off of them and they have similar meanings.
Surprise
Why did the narrator go climbing early in the morning?
So she would not get too hot.
How did the climb remind the narrator that they needed to continue training?
She lost her footing and almost fell.
What word in paragraph 1 means explained?
Clarified
Paragraph six includes what part of the story?
Resolution.
What word in paragraph one has a prefix?
Understand, under meaning below or not completely
What was the narrator’s ‘training’ that helped her?
By pulling herself up so she could find a foot hold to support herself.
Is the narrator of this text a boy or a girl?
Girl