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Cause & Effect
Figurative Language
Story Structure
Grammar
Inference
100
Mr. Bogue forgot to wash the paintbrush after he finished painting. What could be a possible effect?
What is the paintbrush became stiff? What is the paint on the brush dried up?
100
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
What was the setting of Jamestown?
What is Jamestown took place from 1607-1611 in Virginia?
100
Words that sound the same, are spelled the different and have a different definition.
What is a homograph?
100
What is an inference?
What is using background knowledge and evidence from the text to reach a conclusion?
200
"Francis West cut off two salvage's heads." What could be a possible effect?
What is the Native Americans became mad? What is the Native Americans began killing colonists?
200
It's raining cats and dogs! What type of figurative language is listed above?
What is an idiom?
200
The pattern of events in a story is known as the...
What is plot?
200
Minute and minute are examples of which type of literary device?
What is a homograph?
200
What is a possible inference for the following piece of evidence? "Fish are present in local streams, but only in the spring and early summer are they in impressive abundance..." (Doc. A)
What is there are less fish in fall and winter? What is the colonists have less fish to eat in fall and winter?
300
According to document B, there was "below average rain from 1607-1611." What could be an effect?
What is the colonists had no water to drink? What is there was no water to grow crops?
300
What is the meaning of, it's raining cats and dogs?
What is it is pouring or it is raining really hard?
300
What is a character?
What is the people or animals in a story?
300
What is the name for words that are spelled the same, sounds the same, but have different meanings?
What is a homonym?
300
What is a possible inference based on the following evidence? "In May 1607 there were 0 goldsmith, by 1608, there were 4 goldsmiths." (Doc. C)
What is goldsmiths were an important job? Colonists found gold and needed goldsmiths?
400
In 1607 the settlers brought over 6 council (governors) but, in 1608 the resupply ship only brought 1 council (governor). (Doc. C) What could be a possible cause of this?
What is the colonists realized council governors weren't important?
400
What is a metaphor?
What is a type of figurative language that compares two unlike things or says that one thing is another.
400
What is a synonym for problem as it relates to story structure?
What is the conflict?
400
24 inches are equal to 2 feet. My feet are tired after running a marathon. What type of literary device is used?
What is a homonym?
400
What is a possible inference for the following piece of evidence? "No one doubted the new supply of grain would help, but it would not be enough to last the winter." (Doc. D)
What is there was not enough grain to feed all the colonists and they died? What is the colonists will run out of food after the winter is over? What is the colonists will need to find another source of food before winter is over?
500
Why did so many colonists die? What could be 3 possible effects?
What is lack of settler skills, harsh environmental conditions, and poor relations with the Native Americans.
500
What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
What is a simile uses the words like and as while a metaphor does not.
500
What is a conflict?
What is the place in the story where the characters meet conflict?
500
What are the 5 types of context clues?
What is definition, example, synonym, antonym, inference?
500
What is a possible inference based on the following evidence? "Disease returns, 100 at Jamestown sickened and half the number died." (Doc. E)
What is the colonists had more surgeons that helped half the colonists survive? What is the colonists learned how to treat sickness? What is there was not enough surgeons to help the sick colonists?