RL.1.1
What is an inference?
An educated guess.
Taking what you already know about a subject and using the information provided by the text to come up with a conclusion.
Explain what theme is.
What are the five elements of a story?
Hint: Ch, S, P, Co, R
What is a simile? Give one example.
What is a stanza?
What is the difference between explicit and implicit information?
What three main elements go into a summary?
Hint: C, S, E
What are three words we can use to characterize Patrick?
When Kaitlin got to Patrick's apartment, she noticed a foul smell. She looked around and saw several half filled cans of soda and some uncooked chicken breasts that had gone bad in a pan in the kitchen. She also noticed that all the lights and televisions were on and that Patrick wasn't home
What is a hyperbole? Give one example.
What was one theme of "Click Clack the Rattlebag"?
Think: What did the narrator learn?
Use context clues to find a synonym for "yearned" in the sentence.
Even though John had a good job and a nice family, he yearned for more.
Give three examples of themes from stories we've read.
What are the five steps on a plot diagram? It looks like a triangle with two sides.
Hint: E, Ri, C, F, Re
What two figurative language techniques are being used here? (Points for each one)
Drip—hiss—drip—hiss fall the raindrops / on the oaken log which burns, and steams, and smokes the ceiling beams. / Drip—hiss—the rain never stops.
Who were the main characters of "An Unexpected Legacy"?
Double Points: Give characteristics of both.
Make an inference about what will happen next in the story (why is he scared?)
It had been a beautiful sunny day. Now George saw the clouds begin to roll in. The gentle breeze of the day started blowing steadily. In the distance the blue sky was now a dark, angry purple. Far away, but coming closer, George saw something that scared him. He ran to the house to tell his mother that they needed to get into the storm cellar right away.
Write a summary of "An Unexpected Legacy".
What is the climax of a story?
What was the resolution of "Click Clack the Rattlebag"?
Explain why Della is crying
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
What is the theme of this passage?
In his sophomore year of high school, Michael Jordan tried out for the varsity basketball team at Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. But at five feet and eleven inches tall, the coach believed that Jordan was too short to play at that level, so Jordan was cut from the team. Jordan didn’t let this obstacle defeat him. In fact, it pushed him to work even harder. He trained vigorously and grew another four inches the following summer. When he finally made the varsity squad, Jordan averaged 25 points a game and went on to become one of the greatest basketball players in history.
Explain how characters can shape the plot of the story using the example of the "boy" from "Click Clack the Rattlebag".
Explain why authors use repetition and figurative language.
Give three examples of figurative language: one metaphor, one simile, one hyperbole.