Author's Purpose
The author's pupose for writing non-fiction could be to explain, descibe, _________, or ________.
What is to pursuade or inform?
The message, lesson, or moral that the author wants you to take away from the story.
What is theme.
The person who tells the poem?
What is the speaker?
If you cannot determine the meaning of a word by using content clues or word replacement test, you should look it up in a dictionary.
True or False
First person or third person point of view:
I hopped on my bike and rode to the store to buy my mom a quart of milk.
What is first person?
The author's purpose of a non-fiction text can never be to_____________.
What is entertain?
Photographs, captions, maps, illustrations are all examples of?
What is text features?
What is false.
What strategy should you use to help you answer a summary question?
What is WWBST?
Which point of view?
When they had finished eating, they all went to the backyard to watch the fireworks. Jessie smiled, and her brother smiled back at her.
What is third person.
The narrator knows none of the character's thoughts.
Tha author's purpose of an advertisement about the best features of an ipad that includes words like you should and best.
What is to pursuade?
The sequence of events in a story is also called?
What is plot?
Name 2 examples of figurative language?
Similes, metaphors, personification, idioms, hyperbole
When 2 characters in a play have a conversation, this is called___________.
What is dialogue?
What is the problem of a story called?
The author's purpose for writing fiction.
What is to entertain?
When you use prior knowledge and evidence from the text, this is called a/an_____________.
What is an inference?
A poem is divided into sections called________
What are stanzas.
Vegetarians are healthier than people who eat meat.
What is opinion?
Identify the point of view of the following paragraph:
Red looked across the prairie. He didn't see anything concerning. He wondered why Texas Joe had hollered like that. Texas Joe turned to him. The ghost that Texas Joe had just seen was gone. Texas Joe swatted at the air. Now he felt crazy. "You have to believe me, Red. It was just here,"said Texas Joe. Red scowled at him in disbelief. "What was just here, Joe?" he asked. Red was angry with Texas Joe for disturbing his sleep for no apparent reason.
What is third person?
This is the author's purpose of a newspaper article about the dangers of playing video games all day is _______________.
What is to inform?
Another name for a play is?
What is a drama?
What strategy should you do to help you understand a poem?
What are writing hashtags to represent a super short summary?
ALWAYS pick an answer choice that you can go back and prove with _________ __________.
What is text evidence.
An author uses ____________ to tell you what they want you to know about a topic.
What is the main idea?