ACES
This is what the "A" in "A.C.E.S." stands for.
Answer or Answer the question
Chinese JUNKS were sailing ships with flat bottoms.
Using context clues, what is a JUNK?
A sailing ship with a flat bottom.
GBTTT means...
Go back to the text!
Signal words for this type of text structure include: "For example" and "Such as" and "Looks like".
Descriptive/Description
This chart gives a timeline of the story's events.
Plot Diagram
What is the proper way to restate the following question?
What is your favorite type of rock?
"My favorite type of rock is..."
Hints the author gives you to help you figure out the meaning of unknown words.
Context Clues
A conclusion made based on both information/evidence and personal reasoning.
Infer or Inference
It is so hard to choose between a new iPhone or a new Android! The latest version of both operating systems—iOS 16 and Android 13—are both excellent, but in slightly different ways. Many of their features overlap, but design-wise they look quite different, aside from the basic touchscreen-focused layout. Though, owning an iPhone is a simpler, more convenient experience, while Android-device ownership is a bit harder.
What type of text structure is being used in the above paragraph?
Compare and Contrast
This most intense moment of the story.
Climax
In a paragraph, this part of A.C.E.S. is only 1-2 sentences long.
Summary
Unlike animals the hunt during the day, NOCTURNAL animals must learn to navigate in the dark.
What does nocturnal mean?
Bonus: What type of context clue did you use? Remember IDEAAS
Active at night
This type of evidence is implied or suggested, but not clearly stated. Inferences are an example of using this.
Implicit Evidence
Malia forgot to water her plants, so they died.
This is an example of which text structure?
Cause and Effect
The end of the story.
Resolution
When citing a DIRECT QUOTE, you must use this type of punctuation.
Quotation marks
Herbivores eat grasses, leafy greens, shrubs, and other types of VEGETATION.
What TYPE of context clue would you use to figure out what vegetation means? Remember IDEAAS.
Example
These details that tell HOW, WHERE, WHAT, WHY, HOW MUCH, and/or HOW MANY when proving your answer to be correct.
Support or Supporting Detail
This text structure gives readers an order of events or a list of steps in a procedure.
Sequence
Examples of this include: space, Paris in the 1950s, this classroom, Japan in 3070, and many more!
Setting
This is the longest part of A.C.E.S., where you tell me why your citation is relevant to your answer.
Explain or Explanation
This type of context clue occurs when the definition of a word is given between TWO COMMAS. Remember IDEAAS.
Appositive
This type of evidence is clearly stated in the text.
Explicit
Signal words for this text structure include: "Dilemma" and "Solved" and "Question".
Problem and Solution
In the movie The Lion King, Simba is both the _____ character AND the _________.