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Flocabulary
Poetry and Drama
Context Clues
similes, metaphors, idioms
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The Haynes family cleaned their house from top to bottom. They set the table with their best dishes. Mrs. Haynes gathered some flowers and put them in a vase. Everything in the house looked perfect. The family gathered in the living room. There was a knock on the door.
What is They were expecting guest
100
Guessing what would happen next
What is predict
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(1) The world will be a better place I'll be proud of the human race Treating each other with fairness Love will win over ugliness (5) Perhaps we all will plant some trees Or dance carelessly with the breeze We will slow down and smell a rose Or sing at night as the moon glows This is a poem because
What is of the rhymes
100
Sophia was always acting funny. Her brother rolled his eyes and called her loony when she did crazy dances and clucked like a chicken. Loony?
What is Crazy/funny
100
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry. What is being compared? Simile, Metaphor, or Idiom
What is Cheeks to roses, Nose to cherry, Simile
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Lisa always spoke before thinking. A boy in her class named Allen made a bad grade on a test. Lisa found out. "I knew you wouldn't make a good grade on your science test," she told Allen. "You don't know how to study." At recess, she saw Janie trip over a plant. "You are so clumsy! It's no wonder you fell," she said to Janie. One day, Lisa was bored at home. She wanted to play with someone. She called Janie and asked her to come over. Janie said she was busy. Next, Lisa called Sally. Sally was busy, too. Everyone that Lisa called was too busy to visit her.
What is Lisa was mean and no one wanted to play with her.
200
Come to the result
What is conclude
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Sunflowers face the sun The morning has begun Birds have left the trees To fly with the breeze Now, I am awake Staring at the lake Outside my window Where did the night go? How is this different from prose
What is it is a poem with stanzas
200
When the first colonists landed in America, they had to find shelter quickly. Their first homes were crude bark and mud huts, log cabins, or dugouts, which were simply caves dug into the hillsides. As soon as possible, the settlers sought to replace these temporary shelters with comfortable houses. Temporary?
What is Short Time
200
Jorge is as sharp as a tack" is another way of saying that Jorge is? Simile, Metaphor, Idiom?
What is Jorge's is smart and Idiom
300
Jakob and his friends lost their ball in Mr. Jones' back yard. Jakob was nominated to go get the ball because his friends were afraid. Jakob thought about all the times Mr. Jones threw pitches for them to hit, rebounded basketballs for them and how Mr. Jones made lemon-aid for them once. You can infer Mr. Jones...
What is nice to the boys, or likes the boys
300
Facts that support your conclusion
What is evidence
300
How is play different from a poetry?
What is plays have characters and are acted out
300
Mammals share three common characteristics. Mammals have hair for fur. Also, unlike reptiles, mammals are warm-blooded, which means that their body temperatures do not change to match the temperature of their surroundings. Finally, in the early part of their lives, mammals feed off of milk that their mothers produce. Characteristics?
What is traits or features
300
My eyes are as heavy as clay. What is being compared? Simile, Metaphor, Idiom
What is heavy eyes to clay, Simily
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Mt. McKinley is more than 20,000 ft. high. It is the highest mountain in North America. Every year, many people try to climb to the top of the mountain. The first Native American woman climbed it in 1971. Some of the people who try to climb it are very young. Merrick Johnston was the youngest girl to climb the mountain. She was only 12 years old. You can infer Mt. Mckinley is
What is difficult to clime
400
to make sense of the facts
What is interpret
400
In a play what is stage set?
What is the setting of the scene.
400
An Orb Spider builds its web in a circle (or orb). It spins a strand of silk around some objects, then makes spokes to the center. The next step is to go around in circles until the web is complete. Orb?
What is circle
400
Josh is smart, he is an encyclopedia. What is being compared? Simile, Metaphor, Idiom
What is Josh, and encyclopedia, Metaphor
500
The giant pandas are in danger. There are only 1,100 giant pandas left in the wild. Bamboo forests are being destroyed. Now, pandas don’t have as many places to live. The giant pandas once lived in parts of China and Vietnam in Asia. Today, most live in the bamboo forest in Southwest China. Their home continues to get smaller. China’s government is trying to help the pandas. It has tried to stop people from cutting down bamboo forest so that the pandas will have a place to live. You can infer pandas need
What is to live near bamboo forest
500
Explain or give a reason
What is justify
500
In a play, do characters say what is in parenthesis?
What is no they act them out
500
The colonial family owned few eating utensils. They had no forks and only a few spoons made from pewter, a type of metal. The dinnerware included pewter plates, wooden mugs, and "trenchers," which were wooden bowls with handles. Utensils?
What is tools used for eating
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"How did it go, Tommy?" his mother asked. "Did you invite your friend Amy to your birthday party?" "Yes," Tommy said sadly, but she gave me the cold shoulder." The idiom - gave me the cold shoulder means?
What is what is rude/not very nice