Vocabulary Vault
"She was as fast as a cheetah."
Is this a metaphor or simile
Simile
What do you call the people or animals in a story?
Characters
What punctuation mark is used at the end of a declarative sentence?
"a period"
Name one way you can determine the meaning of an unknown word.
Context clues
What is the main idea of a passage?
what the story is mostly about
What is a topic sentence?
"a sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph"
What does the prefix "re-" mean in the word "redo"?
Again
What is the theme of a story?
the lesson or moral the author wants you to learn
Name two transition words that help show sequence in a story.
"first" and "next"...etc
What does the prefix -un mean in the word "undo"?
Not
Why would an author write a book about how to make a birdhouse? (author's purpose)
To inform
When writing a constructed response, what tool should you use when responding?
RACE
The mountain was enormous, towering high above the trees and stretching far into the sky. What does enormous mean?
Very big
What part of an non-fiction books gives definitions to words?
Glossary
What are the three parts of a paragraph?
What are "topic sentence, supporting details, and conclusion"?