She started the race, running like a wounded rabbit.
What is a SIMILE
100
To make information clear and understandable
What is to CLARIFY
100
Name two strategies that we might use to find out MAIN IDEA?
Find TOPIC
Look for REPEATED words or ideas
Ask myself "What is the Author trying to get me to understand?"
Read TITLE/HEADINGS and SUBHEADINGS
Look at FIRST and LAST sentences
100
She was home by dinner but she did not eat.
What is COMPOUND. (notice the coordinating conjunction of BUT in this sentence)
100
Where is the context clue in the following sentence that helps us with the tricky word "livid":
She was livid with me, so angry that I had eaten the last cookie in the jar.
"so angry" tells us that livid has something to do with anger.
200
Members of the Cobra gang were a laughing pack of hyenas.
What is a METAPHOR
200
What is the word that means to look closely at and sometimes pull apart
What is ANALYZE
200
The author's purpose of Anne Frank is
What is to INFORM
200
He went to school late on Tuesday.
What is SIMPLE (it just has one subject and one verb)
200
Where is the context clue in the following sentence that helps us with the tricky word "verbose":
Her answer was extremely verbose, it went on and on until the bell rang.
"it went on and on until the bell rang" tells us verbose means to talk a lot
300
The car went sputtering down the road.
What is a onomatopeia
300
Name the Coordinating Conjunctions that help to create a compound sentence.
for
and
nor
but
or
yet
so
300
WHY do we use context clues with tricky words?
To help us figure out what those tricky words mean
300
One had short dark hair, and the other had long red hair.
What is COMPOUND (notice the coordinating conjunction of AND in this sentence)
300
Where is the context clue in the following sentence that helps us with the tricky word "perplexed":
Instead of understanding the question I was perplexed.
"instead of understanding" tells us that perplexed has something to do with NOT understanding.
400
I ate the entire pig and I still came back for more.
What is HYPERBOLE (extreme exaggeration)
400
This is when you use the text and some of your own thinking
What is INFER
400
What is the genre for the Percy Jackson series? (you have to say more than just fiction or nonfiction) AND why makes it that genre?
What is FANTASY because of the magical/super human powers of the characters
400
He did well on the test yet he did not study for it.
Compound (notice the coordinating conjunction of YET in the sentence)
400
Where is the context clue in the following sentence that helps us with the tricky word "audible":
There had been a distant banging sound, barely audible.
"distant banging sound...barely audible" A distant sound would be hard to hear. Audible must have something to do with hearing.
500
In spite of her cruel classmates, she had found her prince charming.
What is allusion (referring to Cinderella)
500
This is a statement having a subject and a verb
What is CLAUSE
500
What is the author's purpose of:
An article that tells you it is important to conserve gas and that everyone should buy cars that get good gas mileage. Choose one:
INFORM PERSUADE ENTERTAIN
What is PERSUADE
500
What are the CC's? (FANBOYS)
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
500
Where is the context clue in the following sentence that helps us with the tricky word "meddling":
My meddling parents are always in my business.
"always in my business" Tells us that the word meddling means being nosy or won't leave someone alone.