Context Clues
The poor farmer labors sixteen hours a day, and never has time for relaxation. He deserves better.
works
I can be dangerous, hot and I might blow my top
Volcano
Temporary
Permanent
In the story we watched about the 2 high school friends with cancer, what did the coach have the team do BEFORE the game?
Write the name of someone on the basketball to dedicate the game to
Giving a hint of what is to come later in the story
Foreshadowing
There’s no shooting, knifing, throttling, axing or poisoning here.”
strangle, choke, suffocate
humans and animals both have me, and you get two sets of me
Teeth
Horizontal
Vertical
In the commercial we watched about the graduate getting a new car, what was the car company?
Chevy
The stage of plot where you find background information about characters and the setting. It sets the scene for the conflict.
Exposition
.....there was nothing sinister about him. He was as drab as a mud fence, nor was his attitude menacing. He merely stood there -.....
threatening, bad, evil
I am flexible, come in many colors and I like to go to parties
Balloon/streamers
Accomplishment
Failure
In the college commencement speech, what was Conan O'Brien's advice to "life's not fair"?
Deal with it
The highest interest of suspense in a narrative
climax/crisis
Only an occasional log cabin, seemingly deserted. That's all that broke the monotony of the wild, wooded landscape.
uniformity or lack of variety, sameness
I have lots of animals and three rings
Circus
Interior
Exterior
Using inferencing skills, approximately what decade does The Hitchhiker take place in?
~1930-1940
Explain how fire can serve as a positive and negative symbol in a story/movie.
positive = passion, warmth
negative = destruction
Those scientists want to hear what the professor thinks about their theory because he is the foremost expert in their field.
first or main
I am round and people use me to make wishes
Penny/coin
Capture
Release
Name 4 out of the 6 stages of plot
exposition
conflict
rising action
climax
falling action
resolution
Explain how a rose can serve as a positive and negative symbol in a story/movie.
Positive = beauty, love
Negative = death