Context Clues
Use Context Clues to find the definition of the bolded/underlined word.
"And you, Percy, are a half-blood. A demigod. The child of a mortal and an immortal."
The child of a mortal and an immortal. Child of a mortal and a god.
Identify the type or types of figurative language being used.
The dock worker decked Daryl in his dumb face.
Alliteration
What do you break the moment you name it?
Silence
What Point of View is the story of Percy Jackson told in?
1st Person Point of View
What is the definition of Point of View?
The narrator's relation to the story being told. Is the narrator in the story or separate?
Use Context Clues to find the definition of the bolded/underlined word.
"My voice faltered. I didn’t know what to say."
Identify the type or types of figurative language being used.
They were as loud as a jet engine!
Simile
What did the ocean say to the sand?
Nothing. It waved.
Can perspective change? Why does it change?
Yes. Events of the story.
When is your book project due?
January 9th
Use Context Clues to find the definition of the bolded/underlined word.
"It’s vital that you get to camp."
Extremely important or necessary
Identify the type or types of figurative language being used.
The top of bowl filled so much it puked all over the counter.
Personification
What is always on the ground but never dirty?
A Shadow
Wager Question.
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What is Percy's perspective of Luke?
Why do we use context clues?
To help try to understand the meaning of unknown words.
Use Context Clues to find the definition of the bolded/underlined word.
"The manager was stressed about the audit on Friday. He wasn't sure his finances were in order or legal."
An official inspection of an individual's or organization's finances.
Identify the type or types of figurative language being used.
The boy believed if he ran like Naruto he would be as fast as a cheetah.
Allusion and Simile
I am a protector who sits on a bridge. Only one person can see through me, while others cannot. What am I?
Sunglasses
What is Chiron's perspective towards the world and the current events of the story?
He is worried about Percy and the quest. He is questioning what is happening and why. Something like this.
Why do we use figurative language and connotation? (two answers)
Use Context Clues to find the definition of the bolded/underlined word.
"Harold used his large tractor to plant the year's crop seeds. The next step was to make sure his irrigation machines would work."
A controlled system for watering crops
Identify the type or types of figurative language being used.
The tick tock of the clock drove the man mad.
Onomatopoeia and Idiom
What is sometimes born in silence, is harmless yet unpopular, is invisible but makes its presence known, and will fade without a trace?
A fart
What is Mr. Conner's perspective about his students, his fellow A-Team Teachers, and AMS.
Great! All of it!
Wager Question.
Wager 0-1000 points. You get the wager question right, you get the points. You get the wager question wrong, you lose the points. Write down how many points you wager and share with me.
In Mr. Conner's favorite book, The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers, what does Gimli say to Aragorn during the battle of Helms Deep that they cannot tell Legolas?