Word Analysis
This affix comes at the BEGINNING of a word.
What is prefix?
Readers use these two things to make an inference.
What is text evidence and background knowledge?
Name text features that can help you identify the main idea of a text.
What is the title, subheadings, charts, graphs, and pictures?
This organizational pattern is used for grocery or to-do lists.
What is listing/enumeration?
Name the type of figurative language:
Opportunity knocked at his door.
What is personification?
The prefix chrome- means this.
What is color?
Iggy squinted as he tried to see through the holes in the ski mask. He could make out the large bag on the counter. The frightened woman who put it there now had both hands raised. As he took the bag off of the counter, Iggy tipped an imaginary hat to the woman. The jest did not brighten her demeanor. Iggy exited the first set of doors but stopped in the vestibule. Soon the windows of the building pulsated with blue and red lights. Iggy hurriedly walked back into the building.
Explain what Iggy is doing.
What is robbing a bank?
The main idea is typically located in these two places.
What is the first or last sentence of the paragraph?
This organizational pattern is used in stories and shows how one event affects another event.
What is cause and effect?
Name the type of figurative language:
You're a breath of fresh air.
What is metaphor?
Name a word that uses the root word "dict" (speak)
What is dictionary/diction/prediction? (answers can vary)
Gina looked in the mirror at the bright red pustule on her nose. She poked at it carefully, afraid that it might burst on her dress. It was large and painful. The more she prodded it, the larger it got. This is not how it was supposed to go! Gina thought to herself. Then she began crying. Her mother yelled up the stairs, "Gina! Eric is here!" This news made Gina even more distraught. Now her makeup was running and just as she feared, some of it got on her dress. "Why me? Why today?" Gina lamented to herself between sobs and gasps.
Explain who Eric is.
Yellowstone National Park is mainly located in Wyoming, although three percent is located in the state of Montana. The Continental Divide of North America runs diagonally through the southwestern part of the park. The park sits on the Yellowstone Plateau, which is an average elevation of 8,000 feet above sea level. This plateau is bounded on nearly all sides by mountain ranges. There are 290 waterfalls that are at least fifteen feet in the park, the highest being the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, which falls 308 feet.
The main idea of this passage is -
What is Yellowstone National Park has many physical features?
This organizational pattern is typically used in recipes.
What is sequential?
Explain this idiom:
We've bitten off more than we can chew.
What is we have taken on more responsibility/tasks than we are able to handle?
An audiologist does this.
What is study a person's hearing.
“Tommy!” Mom called out as she walked in the front door. “Tommy,” she continued shouting, “I sure could use some help with these groceries. There was still no reply. Mom walked into the kitchen to put the grocery bags down on the counter when she noticed shattered glass from the picture window all over the living room floor and a baseball not far from there. “I’m going to kill you, Tommy!” Mom yelled to herself as she realized that Tommy’s shoes were gone.
Explain why Tommy is gone.
What is Tommy does not want to get in trouble for breaking the window?
Screech! When a driver pushes on the brake pedal, it initiates a process that causes the vehicle to stop in motion. We literally trust braking systems with our lives every time we get into a vehicle or cross at a busy intersection. How does this life-critical process work? It begins when the pedal is pushed. At this moment brake fluid is released into the braking mechanisms. As the fluid collects, this creates a leverage, which causes a friction to be applied. This friction will create a force that will cause the wheels to stop and allow you to reach your destination safely. Beep! Beep!
Give a title to this passage that shows the main idea.
What is Breaking Systems and How They Work?
This organization pattern is used when identifying similarities or differences between two or more things.
What is compare and contrast?
Name this type of figurative language:
You could have knocked me over with a feather.
What is hyperbole?
What is
re - again
loc - place
-ation - the action of doing something
Kelvin was waiting in front of the corner store at 3:56. His muscles were tense and he was sweating a bit more than usual. The other kids gathered in front of the little storefront were much more relaxed, even playful. They joked back and forth lightly to each other but for Kelvin, time slowed. 3:57. “Don’t worry, Kelvin. He ain’t even gonna show up.” Kelvin hoped that he wouldn’t. A black four-door Camry with tinted windows pulled up and parked across the street. Kelvin gulped. 3:58. A group of teenagers piled out of the car. James was in the front. “Hi-ya, Kelvin. Glad you could make it,” James said. Kelvin felt smaller.
Explain why Kelvin is waiting at the corner store.
What is because he and James are supposed to fight?
Being a clown isn't all fun and games. Rodeo clowns expose themselves to great danger every time they perform. When cowboys dismount or bulls buck them off, rodeo clowns jump in front of the bulls and motion wildly to get their attention. In this way rodeo clowns provide an alternate target, and in doing so protect the rider. Of course, this is a very dangerous thing to do. So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business.
The main idea of this passage is -
What is being a rodeo clown is a dangerous job?
This organizational pattern is used in biographies or texts about history.
What is chronologicall?
Explain this simile:
You look like something the cat dragged in.
What is you look terrible?