POV
Figurative Language
Text Structures
CUPS and ARMS
Analyze the Text!
100
I was walking back to camp and spotted a strange looking lemur.

What is first person POV?

100

America is a melting pot.

What is a metaphor?

100

Rainforest snakes and Louisiana snakes have a lot in common. For example, there are many different types of snakes in both places. The rainforest has more poisonous snakes, whereas you may not find many poisonous snakes in Louisiana.

What is compare and contrast?

100

she and her decided that it was time to go home.

They decided that it was time to go home.
100

She screamed bloody murder when she fell from the tree tops.

What is...she screamed really loud...it's an idiom.

200

He felt overcome by sleep and curled up next to the animals under the tree.

What is third person point of view?

200

Their eyes glowed like stars in the night sky.

What is a simile?

200

Scientists are finding new ways to fight climate change. One way scientists are doing this is to make people aware that climate change is happening. Another way is to come up with new ways to fight erosion. Lastly, scientists are fighting climate change by taking pictures and showing people the effects of their actions.

What is proposition and support?

200

Her iphone 11 took really good pictures at the pelican's game.

Her iPhone 11 took really good pictures at the Pelican's game.

200

The inner leaves erupt like tongues of flame from a volcano.

What is...the leaves are probably red and orange.

300

The narrator tells a story to another character. The author is usually is talking to the audience.

What is second person point of view?

300

A phrase that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

300
Meg Lowman and her colleagues found the rainforest canopy difficult to study. They used new technology to overcome the natural obstacles. They became strong and physically fit to be able to reach the canopy. Scientists, like Meg, would take specimens from the rainforest and study them in the lab.

What is problem and solution?

300

How do you make cupcakes ms stewart?

How do you make cupcakes Ms. Stewart?

300

The sun slammed down upon the scientist like a hammer.

What is...the sun's heat was really intense/hot

400

With this point of view, the narrator makes the reader feel close to the character telling the story and helps the reader see the story through the character's eyes. 

What is first person point of view?

400

A phrase that describes something by comparing it to some other thing.

What is a metaphor?

400

The Amazon rain forest is filled with exotic plants and animals. A bromeliad is one of these plants. It has green leaves and create beautiful flowers overtime. They are easy to grow at home and in other rain forest-like climates.

What is descriptive/description?

400

saints game

We watched the Saint's game.

400

The top of the rainforest at Blue Creek looks like a field of gigantic broccoli.

What is....the top of the trees are green and leafy like broccoli.

500

The narrator is not a character in the story. The reader may know and understand more than any one character could know. The story might be told through the experiences of a particular character or many characters.

What is third person point of view?

500

An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words, but that has a separate meaning of its own.

What is an idiom?

500

Traveling to the rain forest from New Orleans is difficult. First, you have to get to the new airport in Kenner. Then you have to find an international flight that will take you to a place like Brazil. From there, you will have to travel a far distance to get to the depths of the rain forest.

What is chronological/sequential?

500
But she didn't know where to go. 

Mrs. Russell told her to go to the office, but she didn't know where to go.

500

It is a powerful tree. Those who sleep there must be strong of heart.

What is...Those who sleep near the tree must be a strong person mentally. 

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