Context Clues
The heavens were a stainless blue, and the Moon shone out of them arrayed in silvery garments.
What are garments?
Clothing
The ring you sometimes see around the sun or moon is called a halo. It is believed to be caused by the scattering of sunlight by tiny ice crystals very high in the sky. High clouds of ice crystals in the sky are called cirrus clouds or cirrostratus if they form a layer. These often form in front of warm fronts that bring rain. That means a halo around the sun or moon is often a warning that rain may come.
How halos are formed
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Persuade
The time and location where a story takes place.
Setting
Name the type of conflict.
Piper and Jason find themselves in the middle of a friendship-ending fight.
Man vs. Man
Liam was a good basketball player who yearned for the chance to play professionally. He practiced every day and called coaches at all the professional teams asking for a try-out.
What does yearned mean?
Desired; wanted
Come hear Granger Smith at Wildcats Stadium on April 8 from 5-7 p.m. Granger is a Lake Highlands High School graduate who is a rising country music star. Smith is best known for his top ten single "Don't Listen to the Radio." Bring a blanket and a picnic, and enjoy the show. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children. Proceeds go to benefit the cheerleading squad and drill team.
A benefit concert at the high school
A pamphlet urging people not to eat animals or use products made from animals or animal suffering because the author thinks that is cruel and unnecessary.
Persuade
Events that take place in the story. It's usually organized in a beginning, middle, and end format. It includes the problem and solution.
Plot
Name the type of conflict.
Dwight has been asked to move to another country for his dream job. However, this move will separate him from his family and friends. He can’t decide the path he should choose.
Man vs. Self
The Ocean below seemed a big mirror, made to catch and reflect the bewildering beauty above, for, shimmering softly, he carried in his shining depths all those myriad lights.
What does myriad mean?
Bright and brilliant
Cactuses can live in dry places because of their parts. Most cactuses have waxy skin and thick, fleshy stems. The stems hold water, and the skin keeps the water from escaping. The stem can grow fat to hold more and more water. Cactuses also have long roots. The roots grow very close to the top of the ground. They spread wide around the plant. When it rains, the roots can also collect a lot of water.
Cactuses can live in dry places because of their parts.
One warm afternoon, while walking home from school, Rosie glanced at her neighbor’s house and noticed Mrs. Spencer lifting a fluffy kitten from a cardboard box. The words “Free Kittens” were written across the side of the box in large, black letters. Rosie squealed with excitement and ran home to tell her parents.
Entertain
The main problem or issue in the story.
Conflict
Name the type of conflict.
Lynn disagrees with her country’s new laws against free speech. She organizes a protest despite many terrifying threats against her efforts.
Man vs. Society
Over 100 settlers departed England to build a new colony in the Chesapeake Bay area on the coast of North Carolina.
What does departed mean?
Left; went away
Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Corsica in 1769. He went to military schools in France. By age sixteen, he was an active member of the French army. He fought in the wars against France's enemies during the revolution. He became known as a great leader. He won campaigns against the British and the Italians. He made sure that news of his victories reached the right ears. Before long he met the key political leaders in Paris.
The life of Napoleon Bonaparte
Benjamin was running as fast as he could. He had to dodge between people on the street-women carrying market baskets, men with their walking sticks and white wigs. His own legs, in pants and knee-high white stockings, flashed like the spoke of a wheel as he ran. At first, he had heard his mother trying to call him back. “Benjamin! Stop right now!” But her voice had grown distant as he raced down the road. He had to get there in time...he just had to. He had to tell his dad to vote against the British rule.
a) Entertain readers about a story of a boy trying to find his dad.
b) Entertain readers of how the British started the war.
c) Entertain readers to think the British were to blame for the war starting.
d) Entertain readers with a story about a boy running in a race.
A. Entertain readers about a story of a boy trying to find his dad.
The sequence of events that happen before the climax. Each event increases tension and suspense.
Rising action
Name the type of conflict.
The family was upset at the politicians for not improving the park.
Man vs. Society
Unlike her grandmother, who was very generous to her, Sarah’s parents were misers who never bought her anything.
What is a miser?
Cheap; don't spend money
In the 1400s, the Portuguese set out to find ways around the Muslim trade routes. In the process, they made a large trading empire. The Portuguese hoped to make more money and teach others about their religion. They wanted to grow wealthy from trade. They also wanted to spread Christianity to other lands.
The Portuguese trade empire
1. A song that has been played on the radio and used for soundtracks for the past thirty years.
2. A textbook explaining the mathematical steps to solve an equation.
3. A speech written by a member of the debate team in preparation for the school debate.
1. Entertain
2. Inform
3. Persuade
1. The sequence of events that happen after the climax.
2. The answer to the problem. It tells how and why the complication/problem was solved.
3. The most exciting/intense part of the story.
1. Falling action
2. Resolution
3. Climax
Name the types of conflict.
1. Sarah was disappointed in herself because she did not pass the test.
2. The girl scouts had to brace the freezing cold in the mountains.
1. Man vs. Self
2. Man vs. Nature