Get Ready - The Leap

Match the Definitions

• Theme

• Functions as an adjective and describes a noun.

• Inference

• Underlying message, usually emerges from an inference.

• Plot

• A logical conclusion based on what you already know plus what the text tells you.

• Relative Clause

• Interruptions in the chronological narrative -- that describes events at different points in the past.

• Flashbacks

• The sequence of events in a work of fiction.

Examine the photographs that accompany the selection. Then read the first paragraph and predict what the story will be about.

My backyard hedge is beginning to encroach upon my neighbor's yard. Is my neighbor happy about this? Why or why not?

My neighbor wants to install a fence to constrict the growth of my hedge. What does my neighbor hope that fence will do?

The defendant had to extricate herself from the crush of news reporters and photographers outside the courthouse. Was this easy to do? Why?

Zach is a great bass player, but he doesn't comply with the band's rehearsal schedule. What might happen as a result?

We have tentative plans to visit the Grand Canyon this summer. Are we sure we're going to go? How do you know this?