What is the literary element that means "giving a hint that something is going to happen?"

What is the dictionary or literal meaning of a word? 

What is the connection or implied meaning of a word? 

Which point of view is used when the main character is telling the story? 

What is the order of events in a story? 

What is a book written about someone else's life?

Choose the correct vocabulary word-  helps the reader learn about other important ideas that go along with the topic or main idea of a passage.

Usually found at the end of a passage or the back of the book to help the reader understand the meaning of important words.

Found throughout the passage at the bottom of the text -  Help the reader by citing references or giving additional information about a word in the text.

Found through out the reading passage- Drawings or sketches used to help the reader visualize something

Found under pictures, diagrams, charts or photographs to help the reader better understand the picture of diagram.

Found at the back of the book and provides the reader with an alphabetical listing of the ideas in the book and provides the page # to read about the topic

Photos or pictures used to help the reader visualize something in the  passage

Helps the readers see where the places in the passage are in relation to geographic regions of the world

Added to help provide more information about photographs, illustrations, or diagrams

Often found at the end of the text as a summary of the person's life events- helps the reader see dates and events in chronological order

What should a sentence have?

A penny for your thoughts? If it’s a 1943 copper penny, it could be worth as much as fifty thousand dollars. In 1943, most pennies were made out of steel since copper was needed for World War II, so the 1943 copper penny is ultra-rare. Another rarity is the 1955 double die penny. These pennies were mistakenly double stamped, so they have overlapping dates and letters. If it’s uncirculated, it’d easily fetch $25,000 at an auction. Now that’s a pretty penny. 

Before you put on that Angry Birds costume and exhaust yourself roving from door to door pandering for candy, take a minute to reflect on the tradition in which you are taking part. Halloween is believed to have come from an ancient Celtic festival dating back some 2,000 years. November 1st was the Celtic New Year and marked the end of summer to the Celts, so they celebrated on its eve by wearing costumes made of animal skins and dancing around bon fires. Over the next two millennia, this primitive celebration grew to be candy fueled costume ball that we know today. 

When one hears the term "reality" applied to a television show, one might expect that the events portrayed occurred naturally or, at the least, were not scripted, but this is not always the case.  Many reality shows occur in unreal environments, like rented mansions occupied by film crews.  Such living environments do not reflect what most people understand to be "reality."  Worse, there have been accusations that events not captured on film were later restaged by producers.  Worse still, some involved in the production of "reality" television claim that the participants were urged to act out story lines premeditated by producers.  With such accusations floating around, it's no wonder many people take reality TV to be about as real as the sitcom.  

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar.
 Leslie sat in front of Paul.  She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist.  Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him.  He wanted to pull a pigtail.  He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank.  He thought it would be fun to tie the pigtails together, or better yet, tie them to her chair.  But most of all, he just wanted to pull one. 

Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes 
And we scrounged.  Next to survival, scrounge was probably the most important word in our new vocabulary.  We found a store that was throwing out water-damaged mattresses.  Getting them home was a problem, since we had to make two trips, leaving Brad and Katie, armed with sticks to guard over the remained.  I truly expected them to be challenged by some gang boss, but they said that the only person who came by was a scrawny little rat of a girl living alone.  We let her have one of the mattresses.  

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
At dawn, Mae Tuck set out on her horse for the wood at the edge of the village of Treegap.  She was going there, as she did once every ten years, to meet her two sons, Miles and Jesse, and she was feeling at ease.  At noon time, Winnie Foster, whose family owned the Treegap wood, lost her patience at last and decided to think about running away.  

Curious George and the Pizza by Margret Rey 
At the pizza place, Tony the baker was getting the pizzas ready for baking.  He flattened out a ball of dough into a large pancake and tossed it in the air.  He spread tomato sauce on it, sprinkled it with cheese, and shoved it in the over.  Then the telephone rang.  "A fellow from the factory wants a large pizza delivered in a hurry," Tony's wife called.  "OK, I'll get my coat," said Tony.

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is 

A comparison of two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as' is called

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in the series of words is called

a reference to a person, place or event from history, literature, sports or the arts is called

A group of words whose collective meaning is very different from their literal meaning (like it is raining cats and dogs)

Words that imitate sounds

An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

A comparison of two unlike things by saying one is like the other

This is a picture of an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

This is a picture of a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

This is a picture of the cloud having human qualities...remember the cloud isn't human. What word is this?

Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally; commonly known as figures of speech is called

A figure of speech that compares two things using like or as?

You must use the following skill to understand the theme of a text.

A person’s judgment or belief.

Human qualities given to something  nonhuman (a tree bowed in the wind)

Writing that explains ideas or  that tells about real people, places, objects, or events.

Theme is a universal message or the central idea in a text that the author embeds.

Sensory language, writing that appeals to senses, creates word pictures.

Cold rain fell all day, making it a dismal Saturday afternoon.

Using hints or clues in the text that surrounds an unknown word is called ______.

What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the central idea?

What does the central idea of a story tell the reader?

What is the best definition of THEME?

What is a pronoun?