Author's Purpose/Text Structure
I read somewhere that it gets darkest before dawn. Well, if so, dawn better be around the corner! Things are getting pretty murky! Today, in science, we were told that we have to do a project. I love science, so that was okay with me. But then, the second part of the assignment will be to present our project to the class! As I looked around at my potential audience, I could already feel my heart pounding, my palms getting clammy, and beads of sweat forming on my forehead. I don't like public speaking at the best of times, but this could be the worst of times!
What is to emphasize her troubled feelings?
In the text Celia's Experiment, paragraph 2, it states "It amazes me to think that I took talking to friends for granted back home. Home----I better not go there. I miss everyone from my old life so much, especially my best friend, Mia." Celia means---
What is I don't want to think about my old home?
In the paragraph 3 of Celia's Experiment, it states "This afternoon I wished the earth would open and swallow me up! As I walked out to my bus, a group of girls turned to look at me. I started to say hi, choked, and ended up having a coughing fit."
What is a feeling of embarrassment and wanting to disappear?
Sensory language is the use of words and details that appeal to a reader's senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. In paragraph 1, Celia uses sensory details to----
What is to describe what she felt and what she smelled upon entering the cafeteria?
Tha main idea of a paragraph may be stated directly, or it may be implied by teh details that the writer includes. the details in paragraph 1 of "It Could Happen to You" help readers infer the writer's main idea----
What is a computer virus is both frightening and powerful?
In paragraph 4 of It Could Happen to You, the writer presents an analogy--a comparison to something with which readers are familiar
What is to explain how a computer virus spreads?
A metaphor makes an indirect comparison between two unlike things that have some qualities in common. In paragraph 8, islands of familiar faces among the sea of strangers shows Celia----
What is no longer feels overwhelmed by her class?
Graphic organizers enable readers to see the relationships among ideas more clearly. In the chart for It Could Happen to You, the reader can
What is notice how each effect becomes the cause of another event until the last effect.