Revise/Edit
Why _____ two players sitting on the sidelines?
A) is
B) are
B) are
the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
What is PERSONIFICATION?
the problem in the story
What is CONFLICT?
True or false?
During STAAR testing, teachers can remind you to use your test strategies.
What is False?
Made up Stories that blend fact and fiction with futuristic space/technology.
Example: Star Wars
Science fiction
______ Roslyn’s ankles feeling any better?
a) is
b) are
B) are
the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way
What is MOTIVATION?
a person in a story
What is a CHARACTER?
lesson about life readers can apply to life
What is THEME/MESSAGE?
The reason the author has for writing ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)
What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?
What is wrong with this sentence?
Young members like to play and tease, it’s fun and helps them learn the rules of the group.
a title or short description of a picture
What is CAPTION?
Mrs. Smith was teaching her students about respect. All week she taught her students about treating others with kindness and even how to respect people they didn't agree with. But over the weekend, some of Mrs. Smith's students were at the mall and saw her yelling at a store employee. Mrs. Smith's student Jaime saw her yelling at the employee and thought that respecting others must not be that important after all. What is the theme?
A. Actions speak louder than words.
B. Friendships can come from unexpected places.
C. Through friendship you can overcome your fears.
A. Actions speak louder than words.
True or false?
During STAAR testing, you can ask your teacher questions about the text or genre?
What is False?
time and place of a story
What is SETTING?
What change should be made to the sentence?
Young members like to play and tease, it’s fun and helps them learn the rules of the group.
A. Change to to two
B. Add a comma before and
C. Change the comma to a period or semi-colon
D. No change needed
C. Change the comma to a period or semi-colon
instructions for actors and stage crew
What are STAGE DIRECTIONS?
A monkey put his hand into the jar of cookies. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the cookie jar. Unwilling to lose the cookies, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and cried bitterly.
What is the theme?
A. Do the right thing, even if it's hard.
B. If you are greedy, you might get nothing.
C. With hard work, you can do anything.
B. If you are greedy, you might get nothing.
Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness
What is COMPARISON?
the pattern of rhyme in a poem
What is RHYME SCHEME?
What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?
The proboscis monkey is named after its most prominent feature the males have
a huge, droopy nose.
A. Change monkey to monkeys
B. Change its to it's
C. Add a period after feature
D. Add a colon after feature
D. Add a colon after feature
how the READER feels about the text while reading
What is MOOD?
a speaker or character who tells a story
What is a NARRATOR?
what went wrong and how it was/or could be fixed
What is Organizational Pattern: PROBLEM-SOLUTION
strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound
What is RHYTHM?
Place the Commas: Kambree wants to go home but Jett doesn't want to leave yet.
Kambree wants to go home, but Jett doesn't want to leave yet.
the writer's position on an issue or problem
What is CLAIM?
the perspective from which a story is told
What is POINT OF VIEW?
What is a metaphor?
The comparison of two things without using like or as.
conversation between characters
What is DIALOGUE?
Place the Commas: While I was in the kitchen the baby woke up.
While I was in the kitchen, the baby woke up.
to arrive at a conclusion on the based on thought
What is INFER?
Can theme be just one word? Explain
No, theme can not be just one word. It is a statement.
presents items or events in order or tells the steps to follow
What is Organizational Pattern: CHRONOLOGICAL/SEQUENTIAL ORDER?
theme of a story, novel, poem, or drama that readers can apply to life
What is CENTRAL MESSAGE?
Place the commas: I wanted to buy balloons ice cream and a present for the party.
I wanted to buy balloons, ice cream, and a present for the party.
writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
One winter, a monkey found a snake stiff and frozen. The monkey felt sorry for the snake and so he picked the snake up and held it to his chest to try to warm it. The snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and because of its instincts, bit the monkey with all its might. What is the theme?
A Even though you have good intentions, others may not
B Don't hold snakes close to your chest.
C Snakes are dangerous.
A.) Even though you have good intentions, others may not
What is alliteration?
Ex: Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Sequence of events in a story
What is PLOT?
Place the commas: Behind the garbage bin I found an old couch that I could use in my living room.
Behind the garbage bin, I found an old couch that I could use in my living room.
the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
What is FORESHADOWING?
Rochelle begged & begged her mom for a new pet. Her mom was hesitant at first, since this was Rochelle's first pet but agreed in the end since Rochelle promised to take care of it. Rochelle brought her new puppy home from the pound & named it Patches. Patches was an active, sweet puppy but very untrained. The first day he chewed up Rochelle's new shoes & made chew marks on her furniture. Rochelle quickly found out that having a puppy wasn't everything she thought it would be.
Be careful what you wish for!
poet's attitude toward the poem's speaker, reader, and subject matter
What is TONE?
Story about a real person's life that is written by another person.
Biography
What is another name for the FANBOYS?
conjunctions
figurative and/or descriptive language that creates an image in the mind of the reader by appealing to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
What is IMAGERY?
Georgia decided to take a sewing class but felt very frustrated when she couldn’t sew a straight line on the first day. “This looks so easy, but it’s not! Clearly, I’m just terrible at sewing!” she complained. Even though she felt frustrated, she continued to go to class week after week. Each week, her sewing instructor helped her. By the last week of class, Georgia finally completed a project all by herself! She created a rectangular pillow for her bed...with four mostly perfect straight lines.
What's the theme?
Hard work pays off!
What is an adjective?
A word that describes something.
Story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story.
Mystery (Fiction)
Cheetahs is the fastest animals on earth.
What change should be made to correct the error in the sentence ?
A. Change is to are
B. Change fast to fastest
C. Change fast to faster
D. No change is necessary
A. Change is to are
What type of clause is this? That the car was already in the garage
What is "dependent?"
What is the difference between theme and main idea?
Theme is the moral or lesson of the story. Main Idea is what the story is about.
a group of lines in a poem
What is a STANZA?
Written in verse form and creates an emotional response of thought or feeling. May include patterns of rhyme.
Poetry