non fictions texts context clues

William Carlos Williams was a poet who was famous for his use of idioms, which are unique phrases or expressions. He was interested in working in a specifically kind of language. These idioms often had meaning beyond their literal meanings. "Under the weather" is a good example.

• company or business

• exact

• the act of creating something without a plan

• travel

One popular form of comedy is improvisation, in which characters make up lines and characters on the spot. It's great because it is so spontaneous. Nothing is prepared beforehand, so it's a different kind of experience than watching a scripted play.

• assemble

• exact

• occurring on impulse and not planned

• phrases or sayings

Swifts migrate south to Central America and Venezuela every autumn. During this journey, different groups of swifts will congregate as night nears. They join together into one big group before taking shelter for the night.

• company

• travel

• assemble

• exact

If a major corporation like Exxon or McDonald's hurts the public, the public often responds in a way that hurts the corporation. One way the public can fight back is through a boycott. The public refuses to buy a corporation's products. As a result, the corporation loses money and power.

• refusal to do business with

• exact

• the act of creating something without a plan

• occurring on impulse and not planned

What is conflict?

• who is telling a story

• the lesson or moral of a story

• where and when a story takes place

• the challenge a character needs to solve to achieve their goals

William Carlos Williams was a poet who was famous for his use of idioms, which are unique phrases or expressions. He was interested in working in a specifically American kind of language. These idioms often had meanings beyond their literal meanings. "Under the weather" is a good example.

• company or business

• not qualified

• assemble

• phrases or sayings

The squirrel dashed into the street. My mom tried not to hit it with the car.

dashed means...

• crawled

• danced

• tiptoe

• ran quickly

One popular form of comedy is improvisation, in which characters make up lines and characters on the spot. It's great because it's so spontaneous. Nothing is prepared beforehand, so it's a different kind of experience than watching a scripted play.

• the act of creating something without a plan

• exact

• phrases or sayings

• planning beforehand

What does plot mean?

• a category of books

• a series of events in a story

• a lesson learned from a story

• a story's turning point

We could tell by the rotten smell that something putrid was in our trash can.

• alive

• rotten

• ample

• appealing