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Context Clues
Fiction and Nonfiction
Point of View
Prefixes
Grammar and Miscellaneous
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This helps you unlock the meaning of words you do not know by using surrounding words or phrases.
What is a context clue?
100
A form of literature where characters are imaginary.
What is fiction?
100
The point of view used when writing or reading an autobiographical narrative.
What is first person point of view?
100
Using your knowledge of the prefix re-, what is the meaning of recalculate?
What is to calculate AGAIN.
100
What is a narrative?
What is a story, either fiction or non-fiction.
200
Using context clues what is the meaning of the underlined word? Harry stopped liking candy and nuts when he was around seven, but in spite, of this, he and Mr. Tillian had "remained" friends and were still friends the year Harry turned 12.
What is stayed or still?
200
An essay or an article is an example of this type of literature.
What is nonfiction?
200
This 3rd person point of view means "all-knowing". The story is told from someone who knows everything about one or two characters, maybe more.
What is omniscient?
200
Using your knowledge of the prefix in-, what is the meaning of insoluble?
What is NOT soluble or can't be dissolved?
200
Write the correct possessive form of: opinions of the women
What is women's opinions?
300
Using context clues, what is the meaning of the word in quotation marks? I couldn't let on how I really felt...I told him I would be okay sniffing back fake tears. Sometimes it's necessary to "deceive" your parents if you love them, and I did love mine.
What is mislead or not tell the truth?
300
Is "American Childhood" fiction or nonfiction? WHY?
"American Childhood" is nonfiction because it is an autobiography; the narrator is telling about a real life event.
300
When Toto came into the lives of Jane and John, he was two months old. Their children's task was to train the German shepherd puppy to become a Seeing Eye dog, a type of guide for a blind person. WHAT POINT OF VIEW IS THIS STORY TOLD FROM?
What is third person point of view?
300
Using your knowledge of the prefix trans-, what does transfer mean?
What is to move from one place to another; cross, over or through.
300
Identify the common nouns and the proper nouns in the following sentence... " All American women and children had to catch the boat to Shanghai."
What are common nouns: women, children, boat? What are proper nouns: American, Shanghai?
400
Using context clues, what is the meaning of the word(s) in quotations? But the stone was gone from my hand and Lord, it hit that dancin' dog right on his nose. Well, he "lit out" after me, poor thing. He "lit out" after me and I flew! Round and Round the Silas Greene we run.
What is ran or chase?
400
Name two elements of fiction and nonfiction.
Two elements of fiction and nonfiction are: What are: characters or plot or narrator's point of view or setting accept two answers
400
The first person point of view uses the pronouns: I, me, we, us, mine, our, ours. The third person point of view use the pronouns: he, she, him, her, his, hers. We only talked briefly about the second person point of view. What pronoun does the 2nd person point of view use?
What is "you"?
400
Using your knowledge of ac-, what does the word acclimate mean?
What is adjust or change to your surroundings; in addition to or to move toward.
400
Rewrite the noun in quotation marks as a possessive. Be sure to place the apostrophe correctly to indicate that the possessive is singular or plural. The "snowball" splat led the "car" driver to jump out and chase the children.
What is: The snowball's splat led the car's driver to jump out and chase the children.
500
Read the following statement, which word helps you understand the meaning of "meteorologist"? The tasks of television meteorologists involve much more than standing in front of cameras and forecasting the weather.
What is weather?
500
Two forms of nonfiction.
Two forms of nonficition are: (accept any two) What are: autobiography, memoir, biography, letter, essay, article, review or report
500
When the point of view in a selection presents factual information from a neutral perspective, what is it called.
What is objective?
500
Using your knowledge of prefixes, use the word "resumed" in a sentence.
What is : I resumed my homework after I returned home from the football game. (This is a sample)
500
Context is the word or phrases surrounding a word. What are three types of context that can help you unlock the meaning to unfamiliar words?
What is restatement, example, and opposite (or contrast0?