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Prefixes/Suffixes
Figurative Language
Parts of a Story
Inferences
Homonyms
100
Re- Example: Reuse, Retry, Recook
Re=Again
100
His heart was beating like a drum
Simile
100
The general storyline
Plot
100
Sally arrives at home at 4:30 and knows that her mother does not get off of work until 5. Sally also sees that the lights are off in their house. Sally can infer that ___
Her mother is not yet home
100
I need ____ of the red boxes. Two, Too, To
Two
200
Pre- Example: Prefix, Pretest, Preview
Pre= before
200
We heard the loud boom from the explosion
Onomatopoeia
200
The people, animals, or things involved in the story
Characters
200
Sherry's toddler is in bed upstairs. She hears a bang and crying. Sherry can infer that ____
Her toddler fell out of bed.
200
I think the bird ___ that way. Flew, Flu
Flew
300
Dis- Example: Disagree, Disappear, Disable, Disbelief
Dis= Not, opposite
300
Henry smiled at the winking stars above
Personification
300
The problem in the story
Conflict
300
Jennifer hears her mailbox close and her dog is barking. Jennifer can infer that
The postal carrier has delivered her mail.
300
I think Susan is over ____ but _____ hiding. There, Their, They're
there, they're
400
Mis- Example: Mistake, Misinform, Misguide, Misfire
Wrong, Wrongly
400
The clouds are great big puffs of cotton
Metaphor
400
Sarah left a Payless Shoes bag on the floor and is wearing shiny red heels. It can be inferred that
Sarah went shoe shopping.
400
The ___ left but she ____ cookies! Made, Maid
maid, made
500
Anti- Example: Antiwar, Antibiotic, Antisocial
Anti= Against
500
I cant believe she spilled the beans!
Idiom
500
The most exciting, most important part of the story- right before the conflict is resolved Example: When Stanley and Zero (Hector) are sitting in the hole with the treasure and the yellow spotted lizards (Holes)
Conflict
500
Karen bought six lottery tickets the previous day and quit work the next day. Her co-workers can infer that
She won the lottery.
500
The _____ team ran into the wall and made a huge ___ in it! Hole, Whole
whole, hole