What is a Character?
A person or animal in a story
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is it called when you look at similarities and differences in a text?
Compare and Contrast
What is a synonym?
What does it mean to compare something?
To find similarities between two or more things
What is a setting?
Where a story takes place
What is a verb?
A verb is a word/group of words that describes an action or experience
What is an antonym?
Two things that mean the opposite
What does it mean to contrast something?
To find differences in two or more things
What is conflict in a story?
The issue that is occurring during the story
What is a pronoun?
Pronouns take the place of nouns
Examples: he, him, his
What is it called when a story takes place in a timed order or gives steps?
A. Chronological
B. Sequence
C. Historical
A. Chronological
What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as
What is an adverb?
An adverb describes a verb
What is plot?
The plot is something that is happening in the story, what is taking place.
What is an adjective?
What is Cause and Effect?
An event takes place in the story, which then causes something else to happen (like a domino effect)
What is a metaphor?
A comparison not using like or as
What is the difference between fact and opinion?
A fact is something that has been proven and has evidence. An opinion is how someone feels, that may not be proven by evidence.
What is point of view in a story?
Point of view is who tells the story, the reader sees the perspective from these people/person's eyes
What is a conjunction?
A conjunction joins words or groups of words in a sentence
Examples: and, but, because
In a story, the characters are trying to figure out an answer for an issue/problem that they have. This is called what?
Problem and Solution
What is a hyperbole?
How do visuals (pictures) enhance a text?
Answers will vary. Visuals help the reader better understand the emotions that characters are feeling, better understand the setting, and help readers connect to a text.