Grammar
"When my father arrives, he will give the directions."
What word has this definition? The comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment?
What is consolation?
What skill is this? Highlighting or making notes on a text as you read.
What is annotation?
What word has this definition? Practical and functional rather than decorative.
What is sensible?
What is the subordinate clause in this sentence?
"When my mother shows, she will bring the food."
What is "when my mother shows"
What word has this definition?
Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities?
What is arrogance?
What skill is this? Understanding the use of devices such as similes, metaphors, personification, idioms, and so on?
What is interpreting figurative language?
What is a word with this definition? To a great extent; extremely.
What is immensely?
What is the main clause of this sentence?
"Until the sun sets, sit at the lake."
What is "sit at the lake"?
What word has this definition? Providing protective or spiritual care
What is providence?
What skill is this? Understanding devices such as character, plot, theme, setting, etc.
What is literary elements?
What word has this definition? To praise formally
What is commend?
Find the subordinate clause AND the subordinate conjunction in this sentence.
"The prince rode into the valley because the dragon had burned the village."
What is "the prince rode into the valley because"?
What word has this definition? A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority?
What skill is this? Recognizing the difference between the definition of something versus the meaning we have given it (ex. "slay"'s definition vs. the meaning we have given to it in today's lingo!)
What is connotation and denotation?
What word has this definition? A state of confused and noisy disturbance.
What is commotion?
Find the subordinate clause AND the subordinate clause in each sentence.
"In Paris, the French boy played on the bridge until his mother called him home."
What is "The French boy played on the bridge until"?
What word has this definition? A firmly held belief or opinion.
What is conviction?
What skill is this? Using pieces of the text to understand the meaning?
What is context clues?
What word has this definition? an official order issued by a legal authority.
What is decree?