Reading Skills
What is the purpose of an article that explains how a safety invention works and helps protect people?
The author's purpose is to inform the reader how an invention improves people’s safety.
What does the word intersection most nearly mean, based on the context of cars crossing from all directions?
A place where roads meet.
What is a theme?
A universal lesson about life.
What is the theme of the boy who cried wolf?
If you lie too much people will not believe you.
What is the reason a poet might make one stanza longer than the others?
To emphasize an important idea.
What does the main idea do?
Tells you what the text is mostly about.
What is a connotation?
The feeling associated with a word
A myth is a...
Traditional, sacred story from a culture that explains origins, beliefs, or natural phenomena, often featuring gods, heroes, and supernatural elements, serving to shape worldview and values
What type of conflict is represented by "Prometheus worries about humanity"?
This is an Internal conflict.
When two or more words match in the same last sound they ...
Rhyme!
What can the reader infer about a character who chooses to use a new invention during a dangerous situation to help others?
The reader can infer that the character cares about helping others.
What is conflict?`
A problem
What point of view gives the reader information about the characters that the other characters would not know about each other?
Third person omniscient
What type of conflict is represented by "Jupiter punishes Prometheus"?
This is an External conflict.
Our defensive line was a rock wall last night" is a directly stated comparison which is called a
Metaphor
What is the detail that would you include that BEST supports the inference that a character does not like helping people?
They look annoyed when asked to help, they hide when people are doing work, they don't give the work a real effort etc
What is an inferenece?
A logical conclusion about an event.
What is a verb?
An action word
What does the rising action of a story do?
Builds the conflict and leads to the climax
What sound device is this?
Peter Piper picked a pair of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
What is a simple sentence?
A sentence that forms a complete thought. Made up of a subject and predicate.
What is supspense?
A tense feeling
What part of speech does an adjective describe?
A noun
What are the parts of a simple sentence and provide an example.
Prometheus cared about humans.
The "Paragraph" of a poem is called a...
Stanza