Concept Vocabulary
Which of the following means physically tiring hard work: toil, ruthless, sorrow, doomed?
toil
This is what we call the time and place in which a story occurs.
the setting
What part of language do we call a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea?
noun
In The Last Dog, by Katherine Paterson, what does Brock find on his excursion outside the dome?
He finds living trees, grass, a small river that is not poisonous, and a puppy.
In The Last Dog by Katherine Paterson, what do the dome dwellers believe about the world outside the dome?
It is uninhabitable, with poisonous air and water, a place where plants and trees have become extinct.
Which of the following means slowly, with a little doubt or fear: understandingly, enthusiastically, wearily, hesitantly?
hesitantly
Every successful literary work develops at least one of these, the central message of the story.
a theme
A word that modifies (gives more information) or describes a noun or a pronoun. They answer questions like What kind? How many? Which one? Or Whose?
adjective
In the play A Christmas Carol, identify the ghosts that visit Ebenezer Scrooge.
The ghost of Jacob Marley, the ghost of Christmas Present, Christmas Past and Christmas future.
In He-y Come on Ou-t, what happens at the end?
A workman was taking a break from a construction job, he hears a voice shou ‘He-y, come on ou-t” but he does not see a small pebble skim by because he was looking at the city’s growing skyline daydreaming about the future.
What is a blight, as in “Then a strange blight crept over the area.” : a plant disease, a human disease, an insect infestation or a change in weather due to climate?
a plant disease
This is language that includes words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses.
imagery
When making comparisons most adjectives and adverbs have three degrees of comparison. Which one is used when two things are being compared, for example: “Washington Avenue is longer than Jackson Avenue.” Is that an example of the positive degree, the comparative degree or the superlative degree?
the comparative degree
In the unit 5 launch text, Against the Odds, what experience does Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III have which could have contributed to successfully landing a plane in the Hudson River?
He was a former Air Force fighter pilot and a 29-year veteran of US Airways.
In the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, which US state is the Joad family from and which state are they headed to?
They are tenant farmers from Oklahoma. They are going to California.
What word means a person related to you who lived a long time ago?
ancestor
This is something, an object, person, animal, place, or situation - that represents something else. It has its own meaning, but it also stands for something larger than itself, usually an abstract idea. For e.g. a dove = peace. What is this example of figurative language?
a symbol
What is the rhyme scheme for a limerick?
A,A,B,B,A
In Rethinking the Wild, the launch text for unit 4 about Operation Migration, why does Mrs. Gibbs’ refuse to remove the bird feeders from her backyard?
Her husband was dying of Alzheimer’s and the only thing that made him happy and brought him into the present was seeing the family of whooping cranes in his own backyard.
In A Simple Act by Tyler Jackson,Laura Schroff, a successful advertising executive on 56th street on the West side of Manhattan, meets Maurice Mazyck, an eleven year old panhandler asking for some money for something to eat. What does Laura call the feeling she had that drew her back to the boy?
An invisible thread
What word means willingness to give or share?
generosity
Authors use descriptions and details to show us not tell us character traits. They can do this though indirect characterization represented with the acronym S.T.E.A.L. What does that stand for?
Speech Thoughts Effect on others Actions Looks
This kind of word modifies (gives more information) or describes a verb or adjective. These words provide information by answering the question HOw? When? Where? How often? Or To what extent?
adverb
In The Circuit by Francisco Jiménez, which grade does Panchito do with Mr. Lema during lunch hours and what musical instrument does Mr Lema offer to teach him?
He spent his lunch horse working on English with Mr. Lema. He offers to teach Panchito the trumpet.
At the end of Dark They Were and Golden Eyed by Ray Bradbury, what does the rescue find when they arrive on Mars after five years?
An empty town, a rocket frame in an empty show, and found natives, Dark people Yellow eyes Martians. Everyone from Earth has become Martian.