Narrative
Which figurative language is this?
What does it mean?
His harsh words cut like a knife.
Simile / His words hurt deeply or painfully.
Question: Do you remember your first basketball game?
Answer: Yes! I was eight, and the first time I shot the ball, it went over the backboard!
Which answer choice makes the best follow up question in the interview to keep with chronological order?
A. Tough start-what inspired you to keep going?
B. When did you know you were good enough to play at the college level?
A. Tough start-what inspired you to keep going?
Which is using adjectives correctly?
A. The smiling fat cat purred while laying in the sun.
B. The smiling, fat cat purred while laying in the sun.
Answer A. If the adjectives cannot switch and reads smoothly, cannot add comma.
What imagery does the simile show in the line: "Like a city child, the gingko tree grows up in the street"?
The comparison highlights the resilience of both the children who grow up in the city and gingko trees.
What's the difference in fiction and nonfiction?
Fiction is fake and tells a story using characters and dialogue.
Nonfiction explains real life events with facts.
True or False. The theme can be determined by the conflict the characters face and what the setting is.
False. The theme can be determined by the conflicts the character faces, how are the conflicts resolved, and does the character change throughout the story.
True or False. The central idea can be found near the beginning or end of the passage or in the title.
True
The prefix -in means not.
What is the meaning of inaccessible?
Accessible means easy to use.
Inaccessible means not easy to use.
Which is an example of repitition?
A. The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf
B. They are the only ones who understand me. I am the only one who understands them.
C. Trees grab the earth between their hairy toes.
B
This term is used in summaries, and the writer must no use opinions or feelings (example: Does not include "I think" or "I believe" statements)
Objective (Example: Poor soil upkeep led to the drought.)
SETTING: How does the different settings in Rikki Tikki Tavi affect the story's plot and characters?
Setting can give the background for the characters problems and change how the characters act. For example, the bathroom setting in Rikki Tikki Tavi affected how he fought the snake, Nag.
How do text features help the reader under the article?
Headings, Pictures (Illustrations) and Captions, Sidebars can help give extra information or provide another way to show what the reading is saying.
before practice tyler and I are going eat im thinking Arbys.
This sentence needs to be revisied; how would you fix this?
Capitalize the b in Before and i in I'm
Comma after practice (transition)
Place a semicolon between eat and im
Add apostrophe in I'm
What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza?
The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf
The gingko is leathery as an old bull
The willow's branches are like silken thread
The gingko's like stubby rough wool
abcb (calf, bull, thread, wool)
This term refers to a deep thought and often sudden understanding of the conflict
Insight
I recently went to the TV studio to film an interview about the holiday food drive. To my surprise, there was great confusion when I arrived. Apparently, the staff expected not me, but a famous singer who shares my name. Since I cannot sing, we had to make the best of a deeply embarrassing situation.
Which set of words best describes the voice in the passage?
a. serious and formal
b. casual and amused
c. cautious and restrained
a. serious and formal
Context Clues: Synonyms
His aberrant behavior was unexpected. It is strange for him to be impolite.
What does aberrant mean?
Aberrant means abnormal (strange)
Does this word have a negative or positive connotation, and why?
a. Positive, because childish implies youthful and young.
b. Negative, because childish implies silly or immature.
B. Connotation is the feeling connected to the word.
This term is used in biographies, and the writer uses personal opinions and emotions
Subjective (The terrible drought made their lives miserable.
Which example uses informal grammar?
a. This is a revelation, right? This is gonna change my life.
b. This is a revelation that will change my life.
A (It uses more causal language)
What is an inference?
An educated guess based on a situation based on prior knowledge (what you already know) and examples or situations in the reading.