Context Clues/Vocab
What do context clues do?
Figure out what a word means.
Infer something about Maria.
Maria stared at the stage, her palms sweaty, but she stepped forward anyway.
Maria is nervous, but brave.
Simile - compares 2 things using like or as
Metaphor - compares 2 things without using like or as
When asked to compare 2 texts, what are some things you should look at?
Perspective, tone, mood, point of view, theme, main idea
Which should be used?
They're, their, there going to the park after school?
They're
The girl was elated when she saw her test score.
What does elated mean?
Very happy
Another name for the central idea of a text. Also known as the biggest theme, lesson, idea of a text.
What is the Main Idea?
What tone is created by the words: gloomy, dark, silent?
Sad/eerie
Two poems both discuss rivers. One is happy and one is sad. What element differs? (Theme, tone, idea, voice, etc.)
Tone
Fix the sentence.
Her don't like pizza.
She doesn't like pizza.
The root spec means "to look". What is a spectator?
Someone who watches.
A boy loses a race but learns that trying is more important than winning. What is the theme?
Effort is more important than winning.
Which sentence uses personification?
The wind whispered through the trees.
The wind was like a whisper through the trees.
The wind whispered through the trees.
If one story talks about confidence and another talks about overcoming fear, what 1 theme is the same between them?
Courage
List a negative and positive connotation for the word smell.
positive: fragrance, perfume, scent, aroma
negative: stench, stinky, rancid, rotten
The dog was so docile even the toddler could walk him.
What does docile mean?
Gentle, easy to manage.
What does an author use to develop a theme?
Characters, problem or conflict, resolution
Her smile was sunshine on a cloudy day.
What figurative language is this?
Metaphor
"She marched into the classroom, head held high."
"He tiptoed into the classroom with his eyes looking down."
What is revealed about each character?
The girl is confident, the boy is nervous.
Insert a correct pronoun.
Each student should bring own pencil.
The desert climate was so arid, nothing could grow.
What does arid mean and what clues in the sentence led you to that?
arid = dry
desert, nothing could grow
What is perspective?
Way of seeing things.
Opinions, feelings, thoughts.
What is the author trying to say about Lena with the simile in this sentence?
Lena was as bright as the sun. Always being followed by a crowd of people wishing to know her, or maybe even be her.
confident, polarizing, outgoing.
"By the end of this article, you'll be dying to buy all of my recipes."
"Women's basketball is better than man's and I bet I can convince you of that too."
What is the purpose for writing both of these stories?
To persuade
Which sentence is correct?
A. "I can't wait to read," said Marcus.
B. "I can't wait to read, said Marcus."
C. "I can't wait to read." said Marcus.
A.