Stories of Courage- vocabulary and point of view

Stories of Courage- vocabulary and point of view

Study the definitions for the following words.

• adversity- hardship

• confined- imprisoned

• treacherous- dangerous

Multiple Choice

Which of the followingwords means dangerous?

• adversity

• imprisoned

• treacherous

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words means hardship?

• adversity

• confined

• treacherous

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words means imprisoned?

• adversity

• confined

• treacherous

connotation vs. denotation

connotation is the positive or negative feeling of a word

denotation is the meaning of the word

Multiple Select

Choose all the words with a similar denotation to confined.

• limited

• restricted

• expand

• widen

• compact

Point of View

An author will use different strategies to show how they feel about a topic or their point of view.

Multiple Select

The author of Stories of Courage is trying to prove that "Kyle Maynard is living proof that with strength and determination, there’s no challenge that can’t be conquered.” p. 34

Pick all the ways the author does this:

• By giving examples like he played football, he climbed mountains and he was a wrestling champ.

• By showing pictures of him using adaptations to lift weights.

• By using his direct statements- when he said " make no excuses because there are no such thing as barriers"

• Shows how he is sad because things can be hard.