Vocabulary
To communicate
What is convey?
Topic + Message
Theme of a work
The(message)
Something figured out through reasoning and evidence.
What is an inference?
To symbolize
What is to stand for, to represent?
A passage taken from a book, article, etc.
What is excerpt?
The author's message in an informational text
What is a central idea?
+100 BONUS: What's the author's message called in a piece of literature
*The(message)
If someone crinkles their nose and sticks out their tongue after eating a bite of their lunch, you can infer that...
they do not like it/the food is worse than expected.
This word means arranged in order of time.
What is chronological?
The quality of being believable or trustworthy
What is credibility?
2 requirements for a theme statement
Universal
Full sentence
If a person blushes and covers their face, you can infer that...
They are embarrassed and maybe have a crush.
+100 BONUS: What's a detail that could show they were embarrassed AND frustrated?
A false or mistaken idea, usually based on a faulty argument
What is fallacy?
Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to match a group standard
What is conformity?
One theme of "A Change of Heart" is the destructive power of peer pressure. Which of the following details from the text demonstrate(s) this theme?
Select two that apply.
A. Anastasia is afraid to tell her parents about how she has treated Jacqueline.
B. The friendship between Anastasia and Jacqueline suffers because Anastasia is jealous of Jacqueline.
C. Anastasia chooses to ignore Jacqueline in the library because she knows that Rosemarie wants her to do so.
D. Anastasia joins in to make fun of Jacqueline because she is afraid that if she does not, Rosemarie will make fun of her instead.
C. Anastasia chooses to ignore Jacqueline in the library because she knows that Rosemarie wants her to do so.
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D. Anastasia joins in to make fun of Jacqueline because she is afraid that if she does not, Rosemarie will make fun of her instead.
How does this headline reinforce the Wright brothers' integrity?
SUCCESS FOUR FLIGHTS THURSDAY MORNING ALL AGAINST TWENTY ONE MILE WIND STARTED FROM LEVEL WITH ENGINE POWER ALONE AVERAGE SPEED THROUGH AIR THIRTY ONE MILES LONGEST 57 SECONDS INFORM PRESS
What is...
A. discourage them from reading newspapers
B. concern for public image
C. motivation to report results
D. remorse from repeated attempts
What is concern for their public image?
To figure out through reasoning
What is infer?
An idea or feeling that a word carries in addition to its literal meaning
What is connotation?
Which idea is implied by:
With slower pen men used to write,
Of old, when “letters” were “polite”
A. Courtesy is sacrificed when people are in a hurry.
B. Courtesy takes little time, but is much appreciated.
C. It is more courteous to write a letter than it is to talk in person.
D. It is courteous to wait for someone, even if the person is very slow.
A. Courtesy is sacrificed when people are in a hurry.
After this errand Katharine stopped at the telegraph office to relay the good news to Octave Chanute, an elderly flight enthusiast in Chicago who was an avid supporter of the boys.
Based on this, the reader can infer that Octave Chanute was MOST LIKELY
A. an aeronautics engineer.
B. a telegraph operator.
C. a newspaper reporter.
D. an instructional pilot.
B. a telegraph operator.
"Shh... here she comes," Rosemarie whispered to Anastasia as they swiftly packed up their books...Jacqueline slowly entered the library and sat at the newly vacated table.
This word could replace vacated:
emptied
moved
painted
vacationed
emptied