Vocab lesson1

What is an example of an external conflict?

• a crying baby when you are trying to sleep

• the pumpkin patch

• being sad because you miss your dog

• your favorite pizza

What is an example of connotation?

• I hope I look like my sister when I grow up. She is gorgeous.

• It is raining cats and dogs.

• I swim like a fish.

• The moon was as bright as a flashlight.

What is an example of a short story?

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

• The Circuit

• On My Honor

• Shiloh

Type a reflection of how you feel your behavior has been today.

A ______ is a person or animal in a story.

The immediate emotion and action associated with an incident.

• response

• character

• simile

• sequence

The bullies took his hat and he became enraged and attacked them. This is an example of

• sequence

• simile

• character

• response

Type 2 things you would put in sequence order

The paper was as smooth as silk. This is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• character

• short story

Read the excerpt from the short story, "The Circuit." 

I woke up early that morning and lay in bed, looking at the stars and savoring the thought of not going to work and of starting sixth grade for the first time that year. 

Using context clues, which word most nearly means the same a "savoring"?

• enjoying

• fearing

• considering

• questioning