About Reading
What is the lesson or moral of a story?
theme
how or why the evidence supports a claim
reasoning
The story is told from the perspective of the main character.
first person
open syllable
What does the root "graph" mean?
writing
setting
the data that is used to support a claim
evidence
The narrator is talking to the reader.
second person
the syllable type with a short vowel sound
closed syllable
light
a true book, article, or written account that tells about a person's life; written by someone else
biography
what you think about when you hear a word
connotation
The narrator is outside of the story.
third person
If a word ends in "y" and you want to make it plural, what do you have to do? Example: one puppy, two ______
Change the "y" to an "i", then add "-es".
small
a story that someone writes about themselves
autobiography
the actual definition of a word
denotation
The words you will see in the text if it is third person.
character names, he, she, they, them
Words that end with "ch", "sh", "s", "x", and "z" need what ending to make them plural?
-es
What does the suffix "-ful" mean?
full of
the argument a person is making
claim
the perspective in which an author writes a story
point of view
The narrator is outside the story and knows things the character does not know.
third person omniscient
What do you need to do to change the word "loaf" into a plural form of the word?
Change the "f" to "v", then add -es.
What does the affix "-ed" mean?
past tense, already happened