What is the location and time of a story?
setting
Which is the most descriptive sentence?
A. The black cat crossed the street.
B. The fluffy black cat ran across the street.
C. The black cat dashed across the street and hid behind the garbage can.
C. The black cat dashed across the street and hid behind the garbage can.
What is an antonym of the word enormous?
small
The subject
What is part of a sentence that is actually doing the action?
What is a proper noun?
Noun you need to capitalize
What is short version of the story that includes the important details?
summary
What is it called if I write a story about myself?
autobiography
What is the problem in a story called?
conflict
Person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
Which is the dependent part of the sentence?
Since it 9:00 PM, I sent the kids to bed.
Since it 9:00 PM
He is like a bull in a china shop. What figurative language is this an example of?
simile
Which is correct?
A. Sue had apples, oranges, and grapes in her grocery bag.
B. Sue had apples, oranges, and grapes, in her grocery bag.
C. Sue had apples oranges, and grapes in her grocery bag.
A. Sue had apples, oranges, and grapes in her grocery bag.
What is the author’s purpose? PIE...name them
persuade, inform and entertain
A word that shows position or relationship (e.g., in, on, under).
preposition
What does the word record mean in this sentence?
He had to record the data of the hurricanes on the chart.
write down, gather
What text structure is this if I want to find what is similar and different with two types of turtles?
compare and contrast
In the introduction
What is the plural of child?
children
Fix this sentence. Where are commas needed?
He went to pick up the pizza but when he got there he realized he forgot his money and so had to drive all the way home.
He went to pick up the pizza, but when he got there he realized he forgot his money, so he had to drive all the way home.
The flower yelled when I pulled its pedals off. What type of figurative language is this?
perosnification
Which is correct?
A. It was raining so we went inside.
B. It was raining, so we went inside.
C. It was raining, so we went in side.
B. It was raining, so we went inside.
What words should you use before you write a quote in a TDA?
In the text it states or the author writes
She ran quickly to school.
What is the adverb?
quickly
Compound sentences
What are 2 sentences that are put together with a comma and a conjunction and have a similar theme?
What is this called? WOW! OH!