Figurative Language
"She was as fast as a Cheetah"
What is a simile?
"The cat in the hat sat on a mat"
What is a rhyme?
What is very large or huge?
This part of the Annotation Guide helps you figure out what lesson the character learns.
What is theme?
What is the main message or lesson of a story called?
What is theme?
"Her voice was music to my ears"
What is a metaphor?
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
She felt DROWSY after lunch and wanted a nap. What words helped you find the meaning of drowsy?
What is 'wanted a nap'?
This strategy helps you track what a character wants and what gets in the way.
What is Summary (Somebody, Wanted, So, But, Then)?
What do you call the most important idea in a nonfiction text?
What is central idea?
What is an alliteration?
A poem with no rules.
What is free verse?
The fox was CUNNING, tricking the other animals to get the food. What does cunning mean?
What is clever or tricky?
This section is about the characters thoughts, feelings, and actions.
What is Character's Perspective?
What do we call the events in a story that happen in order?
What is the plot or sequence?
"I have a million hours of work!"
A poem that has 3 lines and a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
What is a haiku?
The lake was so SERENE, not a single ripple disturbed the water. What does serene mean?
What is calm?
Which section would this question belong in "How does Brad feel at the end of the poem?"
What is Character's Perspective?
What do we call the reason an author writes something - to inform, to persuade, to entertain?
What is the author's purpose?
"He is a couch potato"
Idiom
He is lazy
A poem that is funny and has a AABBA rhyme pattern.
What is a limerick?
What is very hungry?
Which section of the guide would this question belong, "What does the phrase "sneeze like a hurricane mean?"
What is Figurative Language?
When a reader uses what they already know and the clues from the text to figure something out, they are making this.
What is a inference?