What are context clues?

• Clues to determine theme

• Clues to help determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word

• Clues to determine the plot

• Clues to determine the genre

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What are headings?

• Preview of the story

• They are at the top of every page

• They are at the bottom of every page

• Text features in nonfiction, usually in bold print, that identifies the topic of each section of a text or tells what information is being discussed in that section.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is author's purpose?

• Why the author wrote the story.

• To convince you

• To get you to agree with them

• The author's opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is author's point of view?

• Facts provided by the author

• Examples provided by the author

• Shows the opinion or feelings of the author.

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is plot?

• The interesting part of the story

• Sequence of events in a story.

• The conflict

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does an author use suspense?

• To help create Halloween movies

• To create scary movies

• Keep the reader reading/makes reader wonder what will happen next.

• All the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is situational irony?

• When something happens and the outcome was the opposite of what was expected.

• When the audience knows something the character does not.

• When we say something we do not mean

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are inferences?

• Clues to help us determine unknown words.

• Words that help describe a word.

• Using evidence to conclude what is not directly stated in the text.

• All the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is theme?

• the plot of the story

• a life lesson or message of a story that can be inferred from the plot events

• when the rising action occurs

• what the story is about

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Inferences are based on what?

• Educated guesses

• What the author tells us

• Dialogue, characters, setting, title, and background knowledge.

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1