What Can Be Inferred?
A character keeps checking the clock and tapping their desk. What can be inferred?
He or she can possibly be anxious or impatient.
An author writes directions explaining how to plant sunflower seeds.
What is to inform?
This is what we call the literal dictionary definition of a word?
What is denotation?
“During her first week at school, Maya was a turtle tucked inside its shell. By Friday, she was raising her hand and sharing her ideas.”
This is an example of this figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
After a group project is assigned, one student avoids eye contact and fiddles with their pencil. What can be inferred?
What is he or she might feel uncomfortable or nervous about working with others?
An article states, “Our school should start a garden. It would provide fresh vegetables and help students learn about nature.”
What is to persuade?
This is feelings or associations a word carries beyond its dictionary definition.
What is connotation?
Two parts
“I’ve told you a million times to put your shoes away!” This is the name of this figurative language and this is what the speaker means.
What is hyperbole; speaker exaggerates to emphasize that he or she has repeated the request many times?
A story describes dark clouds gathering, the wind picking up, and birds going silent. What can you infer about the setting?
What is a storm is about to come?
The is the author’s purpose for this story. A story describes a goat escaping her pen and jumping onto a tractor while her owner chases her.
What is to entertain?
Both confident and arrogant describe someone who believes in their abilities; however, this word has a more negative connotation?
What is arrogant?
Two part
This is an example of this literary device … “Six sleepy students slowly shuffled into school.”, and this the sound that is being repeated.
What is alliteratio, and what is the /s/ sound repeats at the beginning of nearby words.
A character says, “Oh great” while rolling their eyes as more homework is assigned. What’s the inference about their tone?
What is he or she is being sarcastic and not happy about it?
An article explains how plastic waste affects sea turtles. It includes facts about turtles mistaking plastic bags for food but does not ask readers to take action. The author’s purpose for this article is to do this to the reader?
What is to inform?
“Jada was determined to finish the project.”
“Jada was stubborn about finishing the project.”
This is how by replacing determined with stubborn change the reader’s impression of Jada?
What is this changes the impression from someone who works hard toward a goal to someone who refuses to change her mind?
“Before her presentation, Jordan had butterflies in her stomach.” This is an example of this literary device, and this is what it means.
What is an idiom, and what is Jordan felt nervous?
In a poem, the narrator describes their smile as a mask they wear every day. What’s the best inference about how they feel?
What is he or she is hiding their true feelings, maybe sadness?
A writer begins with a story about a student nearly being hit by a speeding car. The writer then states, “Our town must install a crosswalk before someone gets hurt.” The author’s purpose for this is to do this to the reader.
What is to persuade?
An advertisement describes a small apartment as “cozy,” while a reviewer describes the same apartment as “cramped.” This is a reason why the advertisement’s writer choose cozy?
What is cozy suggests warmth and comfort, making the apartment appealing. Cramped suggests an uncomfortable lack of space.
Two parts
“When the teacher asked who had broken the vase, the room filled with a deafening silence.”
This is an example of this literary device, and these are the contradicting words.
What is oxymoron and, “Deafening silence” combines contradictory words?