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Inference
Summary
Plot
Dictionary/Context Clues
Fig. Language
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What is an inference?
What is an educated guess.
100
What does a good summary include?
What is important details from the beginning, middle, and end. Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
100
What is a plot?
What is a sequence of events in a story.
100
“I could sense that my mother was upset” Which definition best fits the way the word sense is used? 1. Any of the faculties such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch 2. To grasp the meaning of; understand. 3. Make sense, to be reasonable or comprehensible:
What is to grasp the meaning of; understand.
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What is a simile?
What is a comparison made using the words “like” or “as”
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Read the following and make an inference. “You walk into the room and this is what you see: blood on the floor, an empty birdcage, and a happily purring cat.”
What is from the passage, I inferred that the cat ate the bird.
200
True or False? When we summarize we retell only the most important ideas and details.
What is true!
200
List the elements of plot.
What is Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution (Denouement)
200
Guess the word! A machine that moves air/ Someone who admires a famous group
What is fan!
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Which of the following is an example of a simile? A. His heart was a block of ice. B. She was humming a song C. Everyone knows that! D. Cathy is as cute as a kitten
What is d. Cathy is as cute as a kitten
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Read the following and make an inference. “The house stood at the top of the hill surrounded by twisted, bare trees. The girl shivered in the cold wind and brushed the wet snow from her shoes. She remembered her nice, warm home in Florida with its sandy beaches and bright sunshine. Slowly, she walked towards her new home.”
What is from the passage, I inferred that the girl does not like her new home and prefers her old home in Florida.
300
What is paraphrasing?
What is restating the author’s words in your own words.
300
True or False? The climax is the turning point of the story; the moment when suspense reaches its peak.
What is true!
300
QUESTION: Go to powerpoint Topic 4 300 points Tell which definition of the word cabin is used in each sentence below. The pilot greeted everyone in the cabin.
What is 3) A place in an aircraft for passengers, crew members, or cargo.
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Which of the following is an example of hyperbole? A. His heart was a block of ice. B. She was humming a song C. Everyone knows that! D. Cathy is as cute as a kitten
What is c. everyone knows that!
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What does a good summary include?
Important details from the beginning, middle, and end. Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
400
Read the following and choose the best summary. Humpty Dumpty Sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty Had a great fall. All the King's horses And all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty Together again. A. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. B. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. He could not be put back together again. C. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall and could not be put back together again. D. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Then Humpty Dumpty fell off of the wall and no one could put him together again.
What is "D"
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Read the following passage: Sarah and Jake went out to ride their bikes. They rode all the way to the end of their block. When they got there, they saw a cat was lost. Sarah got off of her bike and sat on the ground hoping the cat would come to her. The cat went to Sarah and began to purr. Jake walked both bikes home while Sarah held the cat. When they got home their mom called the animal shelter. Someone had just called and said they lost their cat. Sarah, Jake, and their Mom drove the cat to the shelter where the owner was waiting. Which sentence expresses the resolution of the story?
What is Sarah, Jake, and their Mom drove the cat to the shelter where the owner was waiting.
400
Read the sentence and select the meaning of the underlined word. The bin of potatoes in the cellar was replete; we would not run out of food all winter. a. empty b. crooked c. hungry d. full
What is d. full
400
True or False? When speaking figuratively, words function exactly as defined.
What is false!
500
Read the following and make an inference. “The house stood at the top of the hill surrounded by twisted, bare trees. The girl shivered in the cold wind and brushed the wet snow from her shoes. She remembered her nice, warm home in Florida with its sandy beaches and bright sunshine. Slowly, she walked towards her new home.”
What is from the passage, I inferred that the girl does not like her new home and prefers her old home in Florida.
500
What is the difference between a summary and the main idea?
What is a summary includes details from the Beginning, Middle and End. The main idea is the point the writer wants to make about the subject.
500
Read the following passage: Sarah and Jake went out to ride their bikes. They rode all the way to the end of their block. When they got there, they saw a cat was lost. Sarah got off of her bike and sat on the ground hoping the cat would come to her. The cat went to Sarah and began to purr. Jake walked both bikes home while Sarah held the cat. When they got home their mom called the animal shelter. Someone had just called and said they lost their cat. Sarah, Jake, and their Mom drove the cat to the shelter where the owner was waiting. Which sentence expresses the turning point in the story?
What is the cat went to Sarah and began to purr.
500
Read the sentence and select the meaning of the underlined word. 4. Please nullify our agreement; I am not interested anymore. a. improve b. seal c. cancel d. Sign
What is c. cancel
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Read the following: I’d rather take baths with a man eating shark, or wrestle a lion alone in the dark, eat spinach and liver, pet ten porcupines, than tackle the homework, my teacher assigns. What type of figurative language is this?
What is hyperbole