Fast ELA

The organizational pattern chosen to convey the central ideas of an informational text, such as cause & effect, compare & contrast, chronological order, etc.

• Rhetorical Devices

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inference

• Text Structure

What does it mean to analyze the characterization in a text?

• To count how many characters are in the story

• To describe the setting in detail

• To examine how the author builds and develops characters

• To rewrite the story from a different character's perspective

Using context clues, what does the word "benevolent" most likely mean in a sentence about a king who was loved by his people for his benevolent rule?

• Cruel

• Kind

• Indifferent

• Tyrannical

What does Theo infer after his first conversation with Mr. Parker?

• The Parkers will walk Horace themselves.

• He will help the Parkers find a dog walker.

• He will be the Parker's dog walker.

• The Parkers will not change how often they walk Horace.

Read this sentence from the story. "I just can't seem to keep him from bounding off of the porch to greet everyone who walks down the street." (Paragraph 5) Explain why the author uses bounding instead of jumping in the sentence above. Write your answer in the space provided.

How does the sentence above help the reader understand Theo's problem?

• It shows he is angry that he doesn't get an allowance.

• It shows he wants the comic books very much and can't buy them.

• It shows he can earn money to buy the comic books.

• It shows he may be able to get the Parkers to give him comic books as a gift.

The emotional and/or figurative meaning of a word

• Denotation

• Context Clues

• Figurative Language

• Connotation

• Imagery

‘As David drove toward the Greenville suburb where Landon lived with his mother, the guilt gnawed at him.’

What is given human characteristics in this statement?

• David's Guilt

• David's Car

• David's Mother

• Landon's House

Read these sentences from the story. When Theo reached his street, he saw his elderly neighbors, the Parkers. The couple, who had lived in their house for more than forty years, was lounging on the porch. (Paragraph 2) What does the word elderly mean as it is used in the sentence above?

• Lazy

• Happy

• Old

• Energetic

Which sentence below supports the theme of the story: Do not count on something before it happens.

• After leaving the store, Theo decided to stop by the Parkers’ house and offer to start walking Horace right away.

• The Parkers weren’t on their porch, so he walked up to their door and knocked.

• “Well, hello, Theo,” said Mr. Parker when he opened the door. “You are just in time. Come inside, please.”

• Theo walked inside the house but his heart sank when Mr. Parker said, “I want to introduce our new dog walker, Jo!”