A word that means the same as another word. EXAMPLE: good:well; smile:grin; burn:scald
What is a synonym?
100
A text that cannot be proven by fact.
What is fiction?
100
A comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of words such as LIKE or AS
Examples:
As blind as a bat
As agile as a monkey
As alike as two peas in a pod
As big as a bus
As annoying as nails
What is a simile?
100
Using story clues to guess what will happen.
THINKING STEMS:
• What will the text be about?
• What will happen later in the text?
• What are different possible outcomes?
What is prediction?
100
The sequence of events in a story.
EXAMPLE: What happens in the Beginning, Middle and End.
What is the PLOT?
200
Hints that the author gives to help define difficult or unusual words.
What is context clues?
200
The sequence in which things happen
What is chronology?
200
An accepted phrase or expression having a meaning different from the literal one.
ex: It's raining cats and dogs.
They are a dime a dozen.
A cut above.
What is an idiom?
200
Thinking about Thinking is
Thinking Stems:
I think...
I noticed...
I wonder...
I am seeing...
I am feeling....
What is metacognition?
200
A character's qualities. FOR EXAMPLE: hateful, loving, silly, foolish, intelligent
What are character traits?
300
A word that means the opposite of another word. EXAMPLE: happy:sad; deduct:increase
What is antonym?
300
A passage that tells a story and its order of events.
What is a narrative passage?
300
Language that directly connects seemingly unrelated subjects
EXAMPLES:
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.
We would have had more pizza to eat if Tammy hadn’t been such a hog.
Cindy was such a mule.
What is metaphor?
300
An idea or thought that cannot be proven
EXAMPLE:
I think that Ryan MS is the BEST school in Houston!
What is an opinion?
300
The struggle between two opposing forces. EXAMPLE good vs. evil. giving vs. taking.
What is conflict?
400
As the retired coach smiled down at the football players from the packed stadium seating, he nostalgically thought back to his top ten years working for the Green Bay Packers.
In the sentence above, the word, nostalgically, means ___.
What are fond memories?
400
A true text that informs or explains. Often has headings, captions and diagrams.
What is an Expository Text?
400
A pair of opposite meaning words that form a single unusual expression
ex:* Bittersweet
* Controlled chaos
* Icy hot
* Living dead
* Open secret
* Organized mess
* Plastic glass
* Same difference
What is an oxymoron?
400
A statement that can be proven true or false.
EXAMPLE:
The sky is blue today.
The grass is green.
What is a fact?
400
The solving of the conflict in the story.
FOR EXAMPLE: His friend, Jaime, heard him screaming, ran to where he was and loosed him from the trap.
What is the RESOLUTION?
500
Read the definition entry below for the word sensation.
Sensation \sen-ˈsā-shən, sən-\
1: awareness (as of heat or pain) due to stimulation of a sense organ 2: a state of consciousness due to internal bodily changes 3: an indefinite bodily feeling 4: a cause of such excitement
What is the correct definition for the word sensation as used in this sentence?
Michael Jackson created a new dance sensation when he suddenly moon walked across the floor at the 25th Motown Anniversary Celebration.
What is "a cause of such excitement"?
500
When a author tells the reader how things are similar and different he is using...
What is compare and contrast?
500
Writing that give inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics.
EXAMPLE:
The window winked at me.
The night hugged me with its darkness.
The wind sang her mournful song.
Time flew.
The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.
The china danced on the shelves during the earthquake.
The car engine coughed and sputtered when it started.
What is personification?
500
Ideas that are not stated in a story and can be used to draw conclusions or make predictions.
Background Knowledge + Text Evidence = _________________
Thinking Stems:
I guess that...
It could be that....
Maybe...
Perhaps...
What is inference?
500
When the action peaks in the story and the conflict is reached.
FOR EXAMPLE:
Pedro was hunting game in the woods and his foot got caught in a bear trap.