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context clues
inferencing-generalization
author's purpose/point of view
100
Students, please stop lodining and listen to me! Class has begun! What does lodining mean?
What is talking
100
You have been hitting a little white ball around. One time you found it in the sand, the next time in the high grass. You just hit it and then you hear an extremely loud splash.
What is You're playing golf and you just hit your ball into the water.
100
What is the author's purpose for ads, commercials, editorials, movie critics' reviews, political speeches
What is to persuade?
200
Peter has so many friends because he is a delupote person. What does delupote mean?
What is outgoing; friendly?
200
Sally loves Hannah Montana. She is walking past a music store at the mall when she see's someone is signing autographs. She is about to walk past the store, does a double take and runs inside the store.
Miley Cirus is signing autographs
200
What is the author's purpose for front-page newspaper articles, legal documents, reference materials, museum brochures?
What is to inform?
300
The tiger's plander could be heard in villages far away. What is plander?
What is roar; sound a tiger makes?
300
You come into class and Miss Williamson has spread out books on the table about Nuclear Reactors and Wind Turbines. There is also a big box of batteries sitting beside the door. You just finished you last unit on matter yesterday. What can you assume you are doing today?
You are about to start a new unit (on electricity or on energy)
300
What is the author's purpose for a car bumper sticker warning people to "Click it or Ticket" in reference to wearing a seatbelt?
What is to persuade"?
400
If you water them regularly, you will have an adundant amount of daffodils in the spring. If you do not water them, only a few will grow. What does abundant mean?
What is many; large amount or quantity?
400
Gino and Peter are watching a movie with robots in it when Gino's phone rings. Peter starts to get mad and tells him to turn his stupid phone off. When they return their attention to the screen there are no more robots, just what appear to be cars and trucks. What movie are they watching?
They are watching transformers.
400
What is the author's purpose for the list of ingredients on the side of a candy bar wrapper?
What is "to inform"?
500
The crowd was boisterous. They screamed, cheered, and yelled for their favorite team. What does boisterous mean?
What is noisy; rowdy
500
Adam's entire family just finished racing to the hospital. They scrammble to find out what floor he is on. They find out that he is on the third floor and take the first elevator up. They find his room and open the door. He is standing there quietly with something in his arms. He is smiling and his parents start to cry, but they are tears of joy. What just happened?
Adam is holding his new baby
500
What is the author's purpose for a fictional novel about a family trying to stick together and survive during the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930's?
What is "to entertain"?