Using context clues, define "hydrated" in the sentence.
"When you exercise, drink plenty of water to keep your body hydrated."
a. cool
b. having enough water
c. filled with oxygen
What is having enough water?
100
"After eating those wings, I needed to call 911 to have the fire in my mouth put out!"
What is hyperbole?
100
A person, animal or thing that plays a role in a story.
What is a character?
100
Dignity: "Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother, she maintained her dignity, holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site."
What is self-respect?
100
What two languages did much of the English language come from?
What are Greek and Latin?
200
Name 4 types of context clues
What are synonyms, antonyms, definition, examples, inferencing, LPR3?
200
"The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor."
What is metaphor?
200
Part of the story where the conflict reaches a turning point.
What is the climax?
200
Elegant: Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive, slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops.
Which type of context clue is used to help you determine the meaning of the word elegant?
What is an example?
200
"I misunderstood the directions." Which of the following does not use the prefix "mis" in the same way that it is used in misunderstood?
a. misinform
b. misalign
c. miss
d. misinterpret
What is miss?
300
"Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed" is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is simile?
300
"When the stars threw down their spears,
And water'd heaven with their tears..."
What is personification?
300
The literary term used to describe the events that make up a story.
What is plot?
300
The Social Studies teacher received a small stipend, or payment, for giving a lecture on The Gettysburg Address at the local Civil War Museum.
What is the definition of stipend?
What is payment?
300
Give the meaning of the following three prefixes:
un, im, dis
What is not"
400
After taking the lift to the top, Doug was reluctant to ski down the mountain. However, his friend Bob was eager to take off.
What is the meaning of reluctant in this sentence?
What is hesitant or not in a hurry to do so?
400
"The old clock down in the parlor,
Like a sleepless mourner grieves..."
What is simile?
400
In the book Divergent, the main character, Triss, reaches the age in which she must choose a faction to commit to for life. Deciding where she best fits in is a struggle for Triss.
What is this an example of?
What is an Internal Conflict?
400
Put this medicine on your arm and rub it into your skin until it's invisible. It will inhibit the infection's attempt to spread.
What does "inhibit" mean?
a. live in a certain place
b. block or slow down
c. itch or burn
d. help to do something important
What is block or slow down?
400
True or False: The root words scrib, scribe, and script mean "to write."
What is true?
500
Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. Alice would have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat. He then took off his dusty overalls and threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alice left a new garbage bag tied to the porch railing for him every morning. On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag off at the washing machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was instructed. He would eat dinner with her after he was "presentable," as Alice often said. What type of job does Paul do?
What is work in construction?
500
Fame is a bee.
It has a song.
It has a sting.
What is metaphor?
500
Visualize a plot diagram.
Name the six story elements as they appear in order on the plot diagram from beginning to end.
What is exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution?
500
"No word must ever leak out about this military action! It has to be a clandestine operation in order to succeed."
Which word is a synonym of "clandestine?"
a. family
b. useful
c. dangerous
d. secret
What is secret?
500
True or False: You can change a word's part of speech simply by adding "ly" to the end of the word.