Riddles/Inferencing
Something you can serve that you can't eat
What is a tennis ball/Volleyball/Badminton?
Combining means -
What is join together/become one?
What type of question is this below -
Jenny's dialogue in paragraphs 6 through 10 suggests that -
What is inferencing/make an inference?
He reads constantly; new ideas are food for his mind.
What does this metaphor suggest?
What is he is stimulated by new ideas/new ideas are important to his mind?
A part of a story/a larger text
What is an excerpt?
The more you take the more you leave behind.
What is footsteps?
What is an AAAWWUUBBIS, AND ,f,a,n,b,o,y,s, Transition words,?
The type of question below (What is it asking?)
Paragraph 1 mostly focuses on -
What is main idea/central idea?
What does the simile in this text suggest?
The president said that his belief in freedom of speech is as solid as the ground we stand on.
What is the president's belief is strong in freedom of speech/the president's belief in freedom of speech is firm?
To reach an understanding or make a conclusion with background knowledge and the text
What is an inference/to infer?
It has no top or bottom but it can hold flesh, bones, and blood all at the same time.
What is a ring?
An effective closing goes -
What is the end of a writing piece/essay?
Before she moved to NYC, Ms. McKenzie had romantic expectations about life in the big city.
Romantic: (1) displaying or expressing love (2) unrealistic or impractical (3) false or imaginary
What is definition (2) unrealistic or impractical?
"Sleeping through the rooster's crowing was no problem," Alan joked with a yawn.
What does the sarcasm suggest?
Hint: Find the sarcasm and figure out what they mean by this.
What is Alan slept very poorly/Alan did not have enough rest despite the rooster joke?
The reasons and feelings that cause a character to do or say things
What is Character motivation?
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish.
(21)However, we all know that winter storms are extremely rare around here. (22) ________ our area hardly ever sees a temperature below freezing. The transition word that should be included here is -
A) In conclusion
B) Meanwhile
C) In Fact
D) Eventually,
What is the transition word/phrase: In Fact?
To bring importance to something, to highlight or stress
What is emphasize?
Identify the figurative language:
Mona has a lot on her plate: she is attending college, has a full-time job as a waitress, and volunteers at the animal shelter.
What is an idiom?
An author gives clues and hints about what will later occur in the text.
What is foreshadowing/foreshadows?
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.
What is a candle?
(14) Puzzled, the sign was read by Mom, who walked ahead, squinting.
The most effective way to revise sentence 14 is by -
A.) The sign was read by Mom walking ahead, squinted.
B.) Walking ahead mom squinted the sign was read.
C.) Mom squinting was walking ahead, and read the sign.
D.) Puzzled, Mom walked ahead and squinted to read the sign.
What is Puzzled, Mom walked ahead and squinted to read the sign.?
Last night's violent storm set off a cascade of power outages across the state.
Cascade: (noun) (1) small steep waterfall (2) something that flows forth, like a waterfall (3) a large number of events that happen in a quick series
What is definition (3) a large number of events that happen in a quick series?
What does the personification in this text suggest?
It was the early afternoon of a sunny day with little winds playing hide-and-seek in it.
To describe, To emphasize, To suggest, To create, To illustrate, To Inform
What is author's purpose?