5 People You meet in Heaven
Main Ideas
Dr. G.
Relationships
Inferences
100
the second person Eddie meets in heaven
Who is the captain?
100
This is the most common place for a main idea to appear
Where is the beginning of the paragraph or passage?
100
This is where Dr. G. works.
What is the morgue?
100
This type of organization uses because
What is cause/effect?
100
This is a circular graph
What is a pie chart?
200
the lesson that the blue man teaches Eddie
What is no life is wasted?
200
This is one word that tells the general subject of the selection
What is the topic?
200
This is the Dr. G’s job.
What is a coroner?
200
This organizational pattern uses "also"
What is addition?
200
This is another way of saying “making inferences”
What is "drawing conclusions" or making your best guess based on information you have?
300
The atmosphere that Marguerite picked for her "heaven"
What is a place with weddings?
300
These are key words that lead you to the main idea
What are list words?
300
This is the number one killer in auto accidents according to Dr. G.
What is speed?
300
This pattern uses words like "after that" and "then".
What is time order? (chronological order)
300
These are things you must consider before making a good inference.
What are the facts and the alternatives?
400
This is the name of the little girl from the Philippines that got burned.
Who is Tala?
400
This is the main idea for an essay or long selection
What is the thesis?
400
When Dr. G. opens a body to find clues, what is this called?
What is an autopsy?
400
This pattern uses: Just like/just as/however
What is comparison/contrast?
400
What are comparisons that use "like" or "as"
What are similes?
500
This is the language that Tala speaks (in addition to English)
What is tagalog?
500
These are words that alert you to the supporting details
What are addition words or signal words?
500
Dr. G. tells 3 things that she does not do because she has seen so many people die. What are they?
What are not speeding, wearing a seatbelt, and not stopping on the side of the road?
500
This pattern tells what something means.
What is definition?
500
Direct comparisons that do not include like or as
What are metaphors?