Comprehension 1
Mike and his mother had this type of relationship
What is good?
Mike doesn't want to visit the nursing home because
What is its upsetting to see someone you love unhealthy?
petite/runty
What is petite is positive; runty is negative?
What are the following definitions and sentences?
1. Definition: to describe a person's most important qualities, to portray the character through traits and plot development
2. Definition: a lot of feeling or strength
3. Definition: sane or very clear
4. Definition: to break something down into its parts, to examine carefully; study closely
5. Definition: to be able to speak clearly and expressively, to state clearly
6. Sentence: Authors _______________ heroes as brave and strong individuals.
What are ....?
1. characterize
2. intensity
3. lucid
4. analyze
5. articulate
6. characterize
Mike wants to grow a mustache in order to
What is see if he can actually grow one?
Mike listens to the car radio very loudly on the way home because
What is he wants to drown out his thoughts about the visit?
What are the following definitions?
1. Definition: to show the validity of something by using examples, to illustrate or present
2. Definition: point of view, a visual or mental view of a scene or subject
3. Definition: to conceal or hide, to make difficult to see, vague
4. Definition: sad, pitiful;
5. Definition: to outline, to describe accurately, to depict
6. Sentence: I was amazed with the ___________ of your actions to convince me you were right.
What are ....?
1. demonstrate
2. perspective
3. obscure
4. pathetic
5. delineate
6. intensity
Mike often had these types of feelings
What is guilty?
Mike does this when he returns home from the nursing home
What is shave off his mustache?
What are the following definitions and sentences?
1. Definition: to quote, to give sources;
2. Definition: to examine and judge carefully, to find the value of an expression
3. Definition: to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate
4. Definition: to outline; follow the course of
5. Definition: the act of pretending, an act of make-believe or deception
6. Sentence: People often _____________ immigrants as those who can’t speak English well.
What are ....?
1. cite
2. evaluate
3. interpret
4. trace
5. pretense
6. stigmatize
Mike realizes that in order to forgive, you have to
What is love?
Mike's grandmother mistakes him for her husband because
What is because of his mustache?
What are the following definitions?
1. Definition: to label someone as bad or in a way that hurts his or her reputation
2. Definition: to reach a conclusion through reasoning, to deduce; conclude
3. Definition: to combine one thing with another so that they become a whole, to unite or combine
4. Definition : to restate in other words; to express the meaning using different words;
5. Definition: to combine or bring together two or more elements to produce something more complex
6. Sentence: Since your room looks so messy, can you please __________ some of your staff with this display board?
7. Sentence: To avoid accusation of plagiarizing text, teachers remind students to _________ text they didn't create.
What are ....?
1. stigmatize
2. infer
3. integrate
4. paraphrase
5. synthesize
6. obscure
7. cite
Mike tells his mother this about the visit with his grandmother
What is Nana looked great and seemed happy?
Mike learns something from his visit with his grandmother. WHat is it?
What is his grandparents had a troubled relationship?
What are these missing words?
1. Sentence: I can’t see anything because these two very tall men in front of me ________ my view.
2. Sentence: After discussing this topic in depth, what is your _____________ on fostering care system?
3. Sentence: My mother was quite ______________ after her surgery. She knew what she was talking about.
4. Sentence: Before students write an essay, teachers encourage them to ______ supporting details.
5. Sentence: Different people might _____________ events differently.
6. Sentence: There are many good speakers who easily ________________ their thoughts.
7. Sentence: If the topic sentence is missing, readers need to _______ the main idea.
8. Sentence: My teacher will ____________ reading and writing activities during one class period.
What are ...... ?
1. obscure
2. perspective
3. lucid
4. cite
5. interpret
6. articulate
7. infer
8. integrate