Parts of Speech
The word cat in
The cat slept on the couch.
What is a noun?
The root word in “unhappy” means this feeling.
What is happy?
These text features help you know what each section is about.
What are headings and titles?
This is the person who tells the story.
What is the narrator?
“Her smile was as bright as the sun.” This is an example of this type of comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
The verb in this sentence:
Sarah runs every morning before school.
What is runs?
In the word “preview,” the root word tells you you're doing this.
What is viewing (or see)?
In an informational text, this section is usually at the beginning and tells what the text will be about.
What is the introduction?
This is the person or animal the story is mostly about.
Who is the main character or protagonist?
“The wind whispered through the trees.” This is an example of giving human qualities to something non-human.
What is personification?
The adjective in:
The tall man carried a heavy box.
What is tall (or heavy)?
The root word “tract” means to pull. What does the word “retract” most likely mean?
What is to pull back?
Bonus: Give me another word that uses tract.
This text feature helps readers find the meaning of bold or unfamiliar words.
What is a glossary?
This is what happens in a story from beginning to end.
What is the plot?
“Time is a thief.” This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the adverb in this sentence and explain what it tells us.
He quickly packed his backpack.
What is quickly and how he packed?
The root word “spect” means to look. What does “inspect” most likely mean?
What is to look at closely?
Bonus: Give me another word that uses spect.
Authors use this structure when they explain how things are alike and different.
What is compare and contrast?
This literary term describes when two characters or forces work against each other.
What is conflict?
“Boom,” “crash,” and “buzz” are examples of this sound-based figurative language.
What is onomatopoeia?
Identify the noun, verb, adjective, and adverb in the sentence below:
The excited dog barked loudly at the stranger.
What is
Noun: dog, stranger
Verb: barked
Adjective: excited
Adverb: loudly?
The root “scrib” or “script” means to write. What do the words “describe” and “manuscript” have in common?
What is they both involve writing?
Bonus: Give me another word that uses scrib.
When reading an informational text, this is the question to ask to help figure out the author’s purpose.
Why did the author write this?
Bonus: I look at this to figure it out?
This is the message or life lesson the author wants you to learn from the story.
What is the theme?
“I’ve told you a million times to clean your room!” This exaggeration is known as this literary device.
What is hyperbole?