FAST Practice
What is theme?
The lesson or message
She is as fast a cheetah
Simile
A context clue is a clue about a word that helps readers understand its __________.
Meaning
er
More or one who
again
Make an inference about the following information: Ben packed his bag. He packed pencils, a notebook, a planner, a binder, and a book. Where is Ben going?
School
The bird was a rocket in the sky.
Metaphor
What are some steps you can take to find context clues in a text?
Read the words before and after the word
Read the sentence before and after
Make a prediction of the word’s meaning and reread the sentence
ed
past tense
Pre
before
Author purpose is _______ they are writing.
why
The car coughed when my mom started the engine
Personification
Four beautiful parrots soared across they sky.
What does soared mean?
Flew
ly
how or how often
Inter
Between
What is the text structure?
Computers used to be big machines with gears and wheels. Later, computers were built smaller and used electricity to work. Now, People have their own computers at home to play games and do homework. Computers can talk to each other all around the world. We can use them to learn, play, and talk to friends.
Chronological
Seashells, Shore, Sammy, Sells
Alliteration
The house has been vacant for many years. No one has lived there.
What does vacant mean?
empty
less
without
trans
across
What words are clues that tell you that a piece of writing is in third person
They, he, she
The old, wooden swing set creaked softly, a quiet melody in the still, summer air
Imagery
My brother's room is a mess but mine is pristine.
What does pristine mean?
Clean
ology
study/science of
Auto
self