TCOW
Literary Terms
Gage Park HS
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The Color of Water was written by this author

Who is James McBride?

100

The message of a text that relates to you and me

What is theme?

100

Strategy used to respond to discussion questions using textual evidence

What is 3PR?

100

Vocab word that means "unbeatable"

What is infallible?

100

Vocab word that means "messy"

What is unkempt?

200

The genre of writing TCOW is

What is a memoir?

200

To draw a conclusion based on the evidence you have

What is an inference?

200
This class helps students increase stamina when reading

What is Reading in the Language Arts?

200

Vocab word that means "mixed"

What is motley?

200

Vocab word that means "money given before a marriage"

What is dowry?

300

The number of siblings James has

What is 12?

300

The sequence of events that make up a store

What is a plot?

300

This is the benchmark for ERW and Math

What is 410 and 450?

300

Vocab word that means "weakened"

What is subsided?

300

Vocab word that means "watch closely"

What is intently?

400

The faith that Ruth was raised to practice

What is Jewish?

400

Various sources of information that helps a reader define a word

What are context clues?

400

This is what ERW stands for

What is Evidence based Reading and Writing?

400

Vocab word that means "afraid of small spaces"

What is claustrophobic?

400

Vocab word that means "appreciation"

What is deference?

500

Words to describe the type of mother Ruth was to her children

What are kind, loving, supportive, strict, dedicated?

500

Details from the text that are used to support an answer

What is textual evidence?

500

When you are reading, you use symbols to connect with the text

What is annotation?

500

Vocab word that means "indifference"

What is nonchalance?

500

Vocab word that means "Jewish teacher, minister"

What is rabbi?