Winn-Dixie
Strategies
Word Wall
Literary Devices
Wonder
100
Why did Otis go to prison?
What is we don't know yet, but hopefully we will find out!
100
The moral or lesson of a story or poem.
What is theme.
100
Our schema plus text evidence helps us make these...
What are inferences
100
She smiled a mile wide is a...
What is a hyperbole.
100
What is the point of view of Wonder when August is speaking to us?
What is first person.
200
How is Opal changing from hearing the story of Miss Franny's grandfather?
What is she is trying to be more kind to people and not judge them too quickly.
200
The narrator or person telling the story is known as
What is point of view
200
Words that help us figure out unknown words or phrases?
What is context clues
200
Alvaro ran as fast as a mouse chasing a piece of cheese...
What is a simile
200
Why does Via think that August needs to be treated "normal"?
What is so he can get used to how life will actually be as he grows up.
300
Why does Gloria Dump tell Opal she should try to become friends withe the Dewberry boys?
What is she knows that Opal does not have a lot of friends her age and is trying to help.
300
Four sentences that tell us the main idea and supporting ideas of an article is called
What is a summary
300
Where a story takes place, the time period, and our general introduction to characters is called our...
Setting
300
The bottles on Gloria Dump's tree were ghosts, clanking and looking spooky and mysterious.
What is a metaphor.
300
Why does Summer leave the Halloween party?
What is she doesn't want to stop being friends with August.
400
What does Gloria Dump try to teach Opal by showing her the bottles on the tree?
What is to not judge people by their mistakes, but for who they are now.
400
What has supporting ideas and is what the author is claiming in an article...
What is main or central idea
400
The picture painted in our minds my authors words and literary devices is called...
What is imagery
400
The trees whispered to each other during in the quiet, windy night.
What is personification.
400
Why does the author change our narrators?
What is so we understand August from different perspectives.
500
Why can Amanda and Opal taste the sadness in the candy from Miss Franny?
What is because they both have lost people they love.
500
Name the four types of text structure
What is problem/solution, cause/effect, chronology, and comparison/contrasting
500
The way the author feels by the word choices he/she make.
Tone
500
Luis's lucky littimus lozenge lost it's sweet taste.
What is alliteration
500
How can we determine a theme for a story?
What is the choices the characters make and the way the characters change!
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