Context Clues & Vocabulary
What are context clues?
What is hints in a sentence that help define a word
Q: What does the prefix un- mean in “unhappy”?
not/opposite of
A noun is...
What is a person, place, thing or idea...
What is the main idea?
What is the central message of a text
“He is as fast as a cheetah” is what type of figurative language?
What is a simile
“The boy was furious, extremely angry about losing the game.” What does furious mean?
What is very angry
What does the root bio mean?
Life
Fix the sentence: “he go to school everyday.”
What is he goes to school every day.
What is an inference?
What is using evidence + prior knowledge to figure out something not directly stated
“The wind whispered through the trees” is an example of what?
What is personification.
What is a synonym for “brave”?
What is courageous
If tele means distant or far, what is telephone originally referring to?
A sound far away
What is subject-verb agreement?
What is subject and verb must match in number
What is the author’s purpose if a text is trying to convince you to recycle?
What is to Persuade
A metaphor is..
What is comparing two things without using like or as.
What is an antonym for “expand”?
What is shrink...
What does the word "transport" mean using roots?
To carry across
Fix the run-on: “I went home I ate dinner I watched TV.”
What is I went home. I ate dinner. I watched TV.
A character is shivering, teeth chattering, and wearing a coat indoors. What can you infer?
What is they are very old.
“I have told you a million times” is what?
What is a hyperbole.
“The ancient castle was dilapidated, falling apart and broken.” What does dilapidated mean?
What is "in poor condition / falling apart"
Break down and define autobiography.
Self (auto) + life (bio) + written account (graphy)= story of your own life.
What is a compound sentence?
What is two independent clauses joined by FANBOYS or semicolon
How is theme different from topic?
What is "topic is what it’s about; theme is the lesson/message."
What does the idiom “spill the beans” mean?
What is to reveal a secret.