Definitions
What is the definition of summary?
A brief/short description about the main points or information in a text
What is the difference between a synonym and an antonym?
Synonym - words with the SAME meaning
Antonym - words with OPPOSITE meanings
Define "torrid" in the sentence.
The bearded man sweated as the sun rays hit his back, walking through the torrid desert.
Torrid = hot, dry
What is the type of text structure?
But home is beyond the mountains, and I am here. Here where fall hides in the valleys, and winter never comes down from the mountains. Here where all the trees grow in rows; the palms stand stiffly by the roadsides and in the groves the orange trees line in military rows, and endlessly bear fruit.
A. Compare & Contrast
B. Description
C. Chronological
B. Description
What is the author's purpose of the passage below?
Salt water crocs are ruthlessly efficient killing machines. They come equipped with nearly 70 interlocking teeth, many as sharp as a steak knife. If one breaks off, there’s another underneath to replace it.
A. Entertain
B. Criticize
C. Inform
C. Inform
What is an inference?
An educated guess based in prior knowledge, evidence, and reasoning
What is a central idea?
Define "imperious" based on the sentence below.
Though Kathy and I are both store clerks, Kathy is always trying to tell me what to do because of her imperious nature.
Imperious = commanding, bossy
What type of text structure?
When I got home from school after a long boring day, I took out the peanut butter, jelly, and bread. After taking the lid off of the jars, I spread the peanut butter on one side of the bread and the jelly on the other, and then I put the two pieces of bread together.
A. Cause & Effect
B. Problem & Solution
C. Chronological
D. Entertain
C. Chronological
What is the author's purpose for the passage below?
“Once you put a protective band on someone’s head, they start to play the game differently,” he said. Athletes may become more aggressive knowing that they have an extra layer of protection, so the headband could actually increase injury, he said.
A. Persuade
B. Description
C. Cause & Effect
D. Problem & Solution
Persuade, Criticize
What is a context clues?
Hints given in the passage around the unknown word to figure out the meaning of it
What is the acronym to remember the types of context clues?
Give a synonym for "derision" based on the sentence below:
Clyde could no longer tolerate the derision of his classmates, who would refer to him as Potty-Pants Clyde, so he transferred schools.
Derision = teasing, bullying, mocking, ridiculing, harassing
What is the type of text structure is seen below?
One very significant factor affecting shark migration and navigation is the shark's sensitivity to water temperature. As the seasons change, many species migrate in order to stay within their preferred water temperature range.
Cause & Effect
What is ONE type of author's purpose (hint: PRICE)?
My mother, a “home” dressmaker, had her workshop in the kitchen. I can never remember a time when she was not working. She worked because the law of her life was work, work and anxiety; she worked because she worked because she would have found life meaningless without work.
Reflect, Entertain
What is author's purpose?
The reason or intention behind what an author's writing
What are the five types of author's purpose?
Hint: P R I C E
Persuade
Reflect
Inform
Criticize
Entertain
Give an antonym for "intrepid" based on the sentence below.
One might think that the child would be afraid of such a large animal, but the intrepid young girl ran up to the sharp clawed beast and began scratching it behind the ears.
Scared, coward, fearful
What type of text structure is seen below?
Some countries, such as Japan, or parts of a country, like California in the United States, have a lot of earthquakes. In these places it is a good practice to build houses and other buildings so they will not collapse when there is an earthquake. This is called seismic design or "earthquake-proofing".
Problem & Solution
Name TWO types of author's purpose.
The United States alone could not have prevented the Holocaust. However, more could have been done to save some of the six million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis and their allies and collaborators. The American response to news of the Holocaust was shaped by economic concerns, xenophobia, and antisemitism.
A. Persuade
B. Criticize
C. Inform
D. Entertain
B. Criticize
C. Inform
What is text structure?
A way that an author/writer organizes their ideas to communicate with their audience
What are the five types of text structure?
Hint: 1) image, 2) solve, 3) dominoes falling, 4) apples vs. oranges, 5) clock
1) Description
2) Problem & Solution
3) Cause & Effect
4) Compare & Contrast
5) Chronological
What are the five types of context clues?
Hint: IDEAS
Inference
Definition
Example
Antonym
Synonym
What is the type of text structure seen below?
She could discover in Gouvernail none of those brilliant and promising traits which Gaston, her husband, had often assured her that he possessed. On the contrary, he sat rather mute and receptive.
Compare & Contrast
What are the TWO types of author's purpose (hint: PRICE)?
Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
Entertain, Reflect