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Things to make inferences about
Signposts
Make an Inference
Critical Vocab
100

How do we form and maintain our _________ with others? Is the essential question for our current unit.

"Connection"

100

How a character's personality changes over the course of a story is called ______ ______.

"Character Development"

100

When a word image or event in a story is reoccurring.

"Again & Again"

100

Fujio refuses to give the grasshopper to the other kids because he has a _________ on Kiyoko.

"Crush"

100

def. 

"a man-made elevated area of land used to prevent flooding or to raise a roadway."

Ex.

"When I turned to the left, the fence gave way to an __________ planted with orange trees."

"Embankment"

200

An __________ is defined as, a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence & reasoning.

"Inference"

200

These are the messages/morals that are revealed to the readers over the course of the story.

"Themes"

200

The main character being offered insight by someone smart.

"Words of the wiser"

200

The advice that the narrator gives to Fujio lets us know that the narrator may be experiencing what feeling?

"Loneliness"

200

Def.

"a diamond-shaped object."


Ex.

"Then these wise child-artists, cutting out round, three-cornered, and _______ leaf shapes in the cartons, coloring each little window a different color..."

"Lozenge"

300

TEK 4F is "Make inferences and use ________"  

"Evidence"

300

What things in the story represent, and how they developed over the course of the story.

Symbols

300

A realization of something that was previously unclear.

"Aha Moment"

300

We can infer that the narrator is not close in proximity to the children as he spectates because the story states that there is what type of landscape between them?

"An Embankment"

300

Def

 "to stand or wait idly."

Ex.

"Wide-eyed, I ________ near them."

"Loitered"

400

TEK 6D is "Analyze how_______ influences the theme."  

"Setting"

400

How the author develops, progresses, and resolves conflicts over the course of the story.

"Plot" 

400

"With great power comes great responsibility" is an example of which sign post?

"Words of the wiser"

400

An inference is made about Kiyokos' intellect due to her revelation of the Grasshopper as a ____ _______.

"Bell Cricket"

400

Def.

"to emit or radiate from."


Ex.

"Different from the painted-over red lanterns, others (made of thick cutout cardboard) had their designs drawn onto the paper windows, so that the candle’s light seemed to _______ from the form and color of the design itself."

"Emanate"

500

_______ & _______ is the title of the signposts that we learned about last week.

"Notice & Notes"

500

Making an inference can be thought of as "_______ _______ ___ _____" of what you read or observe.

"Reading between the lines"

500

Might give you clues about characters or setting, foreshadow an important event, or help you to understand the story’s themes.

"Again & Again"

500

You can infer that the narrator like to engage in what activity due to him taking the time to spectate the insect catching

"People watch"

500

Def.

"showing embarrassment."


Ex.

"Oh, I thought. I felt slightly jealous of the boy, and _
_______"

"Sheepish"