Making Inferences
This is reading between the lines. It is taking something that you read and putting it together with something that you already know to make sense of what you read. You make an _____.
Inference
This is the combination of ways that an author shows readers what a person in a literary selection is like.
Characterization
The main message or idea that a story tells us is called its ____.
Theme
This is the perspective from which a story is told or information is provided. It is the way the author lets the readers see and hear the story or information; who tells the story.
Point Of View
Rewrite each of the following sentences using adjectives in their correct order.
3. Judy squealed when she found the leather, black, medium-sized jacket that was on sale.
3. Judy squealed when she found the medium-sized, black, leather jacket that was on sale.
Read Why Dogs Sniff
How is the yellow dog different from all the other dogs in the story?
A) | All the other dogs like pepper, but the yellow dog does not. |
B) | The yellow dog is the only dog who complains about the party. |
C) | The yellow dog is not different from the other dogs in the story. |
D) | All the other dogs have bad attitudes, but the yellow dog is always happy. |
The yellow dog is the only dog who complains about the party.
Read Why Dogs Sniff
1) Which BEST describes the setting in this story?
A) | in the future |
B) | in present time |
C) | during the winter |
D) | during the spring |
D. During the Spring
Read Grateful Chirping
What is the theme of the passage?
A) | Chirping birds are always happy. |
B) | Learning from experts is important. |
C) | Doing good deeds often brings good results. |
D) | Approaching strange animals can be helpful. |
Doing good deeds often brings good results.
Read Section 1 Rewrite: Grateful Chirping
The author has rewritten this story. Read section 1 of both versions. Which BEST describes this change?
A) | The rewrite now includes the thoughts and point of view of Arnie. |
B) | The original includes only the thoughts and point of view of Arnie |
C) | The original is more personal, and it is in first person point of view. |
D) | The original is less personal, and it is in first person point of view. |
The rewrite now includes the thoughts and point of view of Arnie.
Identify the relative pronoun in each sentence and the noun it relates to in the sentence?
1. School is a much happier place for students who have a positive attitude.
1. The relative pronoun is who and it relates to the subject of the sentence students. Who is used when referring to what or which person or people.
The yellow dog says, "I can't eat a mouthful until I have some pepper."
Read Why Dogs Sniff
This helps readers understand that
A) | the yellow dog is hard to satisfy. |
B) | the black dog does not like pepper. |
C) | the black dog should have used pepper. |
D) | the yellow dog did not help fix the meal. |
the yellow dog is hard to satisfy.
Read Why Dogs Sniff
2) Which BEST expresses the conflict in this story?
A) | Whenever two dogs meet they always sniff at each other. |
B) | There was not a single bit of pepper at that dinner party. |
C) | Sometimes there was too little to eat and sometimes there was too much. |
D) | Sometimes the hot things were not hot enough and sometimes the cold things were not cold enough. |
There was not a single bit of pepper at that dinner party.
Read Grateful Chirping
What lesson did Arnie MOST LIKELY learn?
A) | You should listen to doctors. |
B) | It's important to have a lucky object. |
C) | You should help injured birds yourself. |
D) | It's important to get help from others. |
It's important to get help from others.
A Cat and her Strong Friends is written in third person, from the narrator's point of view. What line could be included if the story were told in first-person narration by the cat?
A) | The cat liked her new home and enjoyed spending time with her new friend. |
B) | I was saddened by the loss of two dear friends, and I missed them every day. |
C) | After killing the elephant, the cat asked me if she could come home with me. |
D) | "What will I do without my friend, the lion? I will miss him," the cat said aloud. |
I was saddened by the loss of two dear friends, and I missed them every day.
Identify the relative pronoun in each sentence and the noun it relates to in the sentence?
2. This is the approach taken by politicians, whom some consider to be objective.
2. The relative pronoun whom in the sentence relates back to the noun politicians.
Read A Cat and her Strong Friends
What details let readers know the cat actually cared about her friends, and was not using them only for protection?
A) | Whenever she lost a friend, she found a new one. |
B) | Each time she lost a friend, she was "very sorry." |
C) | She stayed with each friend for "many, many days." |
D) | She politely asked the animals if they would be her friend. |
Each time she lost a friend, she was "very sorry."
Section 1 Rewrite: Grateful Chirping
Which event happened first in the story?
A) | Arnie woke up and noticed he didn't hear birds chirping. |
B) | The veterinarian told him that the bird would soon be okay. |
C) | Arnie got his shoebox for his lucky sneakers to carry the bird. |
D) | Arnie found a mother bird that was injured at the bottom of a tree. |
Arnie woke up and noticed he didn't hear birds chirping.
Read A Cat and her Strong Friends
One theme of A Cat and her Strong Friends is the "hierarchy of nature." A hierarchy is a ranking based on status or authority, like in a food chain. What events from the story support the theme of "hierarchy of nature"?
A) | Since the woman was lonely, her husband brought home a cat. |
B) | None of the characters could protect themselves from harm. |
C) | The stronger animals felt sorry for the cat, who was weaker. |
D) | The cat continued making friends until she found the strongest. |
The cat continued making friends until she found the strongest.
Read Huckleberry Finn
Which statement best describes the contrast in the point of view of these two passages?
A) | The first passage is written in first person point of view, while the second is written in second person point of view. |
B) | The first passage is written in first person point of view, while the second passage is written in third person point of view. |
C) | The first passage is written in second person point of view, while the second passage is written in first person point of view. |
D) | The first passage is written in third person point of view, while the second passage is written from a first person point of view. |
The first passage is written in third person point of view, while the second passage is written from a first person point of view.
Rewrite each of the following sentences using adjectives in their correct order.
1. Our first pet on the farm was actually a white-and-black, feisty, little chicken named Polka-Dot.
1. Our first pet on the farm was actually a feisty, little, white-and-black chicken named Polka-Dot.
Information you can find in the text.
Explicit information.
Read Why Dogs Sniff
How does the author start this story?
A) | She describes the characters and tells about the dinner party. |
B) | She introduces the characters and tells about dogs sniffing each other. |
C) | She introduces the characters and tells about the problem with the bones. |
D) | She describes the characters and the importance of polite dinner manners. |
She describes the characters and tells about the dinner party.
The lesson a reader can learn.
Theme
The point of view of a story is __________when the narrator is in the story.
First Person
Rewrite each of the following sentences using adjectives in their correct order.
2. No one could believe that Stephanie's mom bought her a 2015, red, brand-new Toyota Forerunner.
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2. No one could believe that Stephanie's mom bought her a brand-new, red, 2015 Toyota Forerunner.