What is this? "Watching the show was like watching the grass grow".
Simile
100
What is the definition of tone?
The author's attitude toward the topic or text.
100
How many sentences should be in a summary?
3-10 (as many as necessary to get the gist of the story)
100
What is central idea?
What the text is mostly about.
200
I come from a cane. You might say that I make things sweet. I can be white or brown. If you eat too much of me you could get a toothache. What Am I?
Sugar
200
How can you distinguish a simile from a metaphor?
A simile uses like or as and a metaphor does not.
200
What is mood?
How the reader feels while reading the text.
200
What is the definition of a summary?
a paragraph that includes the most important information from a text
200
True or False. An inference is the same as a prediction.
False
300
Joey put his hands on his ears as he tried to finish his math test. The girl sitting next to him kept tapping her pencil on the table. How does he feel?
Annoyed or Frustrated
300
What would happen if you add the word "like" in the metaphor "you are a fat pig"?
It would turn into a simile.
300
“The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.” - Charles Dickens; Figure out the mood of this passage.
Calm, serene, non-violent, peaceful...
300
What is theme?
The message of lesson of the story.
300
Adam's entire family just finished racing to the hospital. They scramble to find out what floor he is on. They find out that he is on the third floor and take the first elevator up. They find his room and open the door. He is standing there quietly with something in his arms. He is smiling and his parents start to cry, but they are tears of joy. Why is Adam at the hospital?
Adam is holding his new baby.
400
I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. I blend in with my environment. I can can hop high and I usually live in swampy areas. Who am I?
Frog
400
What does "She was as quick as a cheetah chasing its dinner" mean?
She was fast.
400
"Dana grinned malevolently. His teeth were nubby and yellow, like an old barn dog's. Kneeling on Roy's chest, he hauled back to hit him again." The author's ____________ tone inspires a violent atmosphere.
angry
400
A ________ is when you retell or rewrite a story in your own words, but DO NOT include your own thoughts, ideas, or opinions?
Summary.
400
“For many months after her father’s death she pretended he was still alive”.
From this quote, I can infer the woman___________________.
a. is getting on with her life after her father’s death
b. is really good at pretending
c. is having a hard time with accepting her father’s death
d. is hoping to see her father soon
c. is having a hard time with accepting her father's death.
500
I went up to him and found him in exactly the position I had left him, white-faced, but with the tops of his cheeks flushed by the fever, staring still, as he had stared, at the foot of the bed.
What is wrong with the boy in the bed?
He is very sick.
500
What does "Her smile is the sun" mean?
Her smile was very bright.
500
What is the tone of the following passage: "I love shopping with my wife, slightly more than I love having my pinkie toes gnawed on by anemic alligators.”
sarcastic
500
What MUST you include in a summary?
The main idea and the most important supporting details from the passage.
500
Simile or metaphor? The trees are monsters creeping through the forest watching my every move.