Academic Vocabulary

What is central idea?

• The theme of a story

• Supporting details

• Text evidence

• It is the main idea, what the text is MOSTLY about.

What steps can you help you identify the main ( central ) idea of a passage?

• Repetition ( words that repeat)

• First and Last sentence of the passage or look at each paragraph

• Identifying the topic

• All of the above

What is theme?

• Theme is the main idea of a story

• Theme is the moral or lesson of a story

Part B

Select the quotation from the story that most strongly suggests that the theme is Don't let pride keep you from asking for help.

• Nicole had been struggling with the math homework but didn't want to say so.

• "Well I'm tired, okay? It's not my fault you're bored'."

What is an antonym?

• A word that has a similar/same meaning

• A word that has the opposite meaning

What is a synonym?

• A word that has the same meaning

• A word that has the opposite meaning

Which sentence states a fact?

• Of all the women on the United States Olympic team , Suni Lee had the best routine

• Suni Lee was the first Asian American to win an Olympic gold medal in women's all-around gymnastics.

Which sentence states a fact?

• "The Black Cat" and "The Tell- Tale Heart" are Edgar Allan Poe's scariest short stories.

• Edgar Allan Poe sold his short story " The Fall of the House of Usher" to Burtons's Gentleman's Magazine for ten dollars in 1839.

What is personification

• Comparing two things with the words " like" or " as"

• When a writer gives an idea, object , or animal human qualities ( acts like a person)

Complete the sentence so that it uses personification

As soon as I took a swig, the sour milk ________ my tongue

• coated

• covered

• assaulted