INFERENCES
Ideas that are not stated directly.
What are inferences?
A point and its support.
What is an argument?
The general subject of a paragraph.
What is a topic?
The pair of words at the very top of each dictionary page.
What are guidewords?
The person telling the story.
The sky looks all dark and cloudy over there, and it's headed this way.
What indicates that it's going to rain?
The general idea of an argument.
What is a point?
The point the writer is trying to make.
What is a main idea?
Words with similar meanings.
What are synonyms?
The context in time and place in which the action of a of a story occurs.
What is setting?
Every time I think about going to court, I get sweaty hands.
What is a sign of nervousness?
The specific information in an argument that backs up the point.
What is support?
Evidence such as examples, reasons, or facts.
What are supporting details?
Words with opposite meanings.
What are antonyms?
The point where conflict hits its highest point.
What is the climax of a story.
When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.
What is attitude and effort can turn around a bad situation?
The general idea between these three foods: pancakes, sausage, and oatmeal.
What is "breakfast"?
Words that writers provide to make the connections between their ideas clear or that carry one idea to the next, i.e. also, moreover, and finally
What are signal words or transitions?
A person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
The struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
What is you don't need to see or hear to appreciate kindness?
We can plant flowers. We can listen to a friend. We can smile at a stranger.
What are ways we can show love?
Words that signal a writer is pointing out differences between subjects i.e. but, yet, and however.
What are contrast words?
A word expressing action, i.e. run or jump.
What is a verb?
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?