Chapter 2 of Stories Pictures Tell. Book 2 is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Stories Pictures Tell. Book 2 is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
=Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens? Why do you think so? Where is the mother cat? the kittens? What are they looking at? Why do you think the mouse does not know that the kittens can see his tail?
Chapter 2 of Stories Pictures Tell. Book 2 is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
From this reading “=Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens?”
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading “Where is the mother cat? the kittens?”
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading “=Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens?”
plural of “kitten” — young domestic cat
From this reading “=Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens?”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “What are they looking at?”
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading “Why do you think the mouse does not know that the kittens can see his tail?”
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading “=Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens?”
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading “Why do you think the mouse does not know that the kittens can see his tail?”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading =Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens?
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
From this reading =Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading What are they looking at?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Why do you think the mouse does not know that the kittens can see his tail?
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading Where is the mother cat? the kittens?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Why do you think so?
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why do you think the mouse does not know that the kittens can see his tail?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Why do you think the mouse does not know that the kittens can see his tail?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading =Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens?
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading =Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where is the mother cat? the kittens?
plural of “kitten” — young domestic cat
From this reading =Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Why do you think the mouse does not know that the kittens can see his tail?
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading What are they looking at?
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Where is the mother cat? the kittens?
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading Why do you think the mouse does not know that the kittens can see his tail?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Why do you think the mouse does not know that the kittens can see his tail?
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading =Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens?
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading =Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Why do you think the mouse does not know that the kittens can see his tail?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Why do you think so?
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading Why do you think the mouse does not know that the kittens can see his tail?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Why do you think the mouse does not know that the kittens can see his tail?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Where is the mother cat? the kittens?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading =Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What are they looking at?
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Why do you think so?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading =Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading =Questions to arouse interest.= In what room are these kittens?
in or at the place that
From this reading Where is the mother cat? the kittens?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why do you think so?
the person or people being spoken to
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Chapter 2 of Stories Pictures Tell. Book 2 by Flora L. (Flora Leona) Carpenter holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 2 holds 416 sentences of Stories Pictures Tell. Book 2, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Stories Pictures Tell. Book 2 by Flora L. (Flora Leona) Carpenter exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 416 sentences, grouped into 84 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 69 minutes of reading across 166 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Stories Pictures Tell. Book 2 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Stories Pictures Tell. Book 2, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
