Vocabulary
What is the plot in a story?
What is the sequence of events in a story?
What is a narrator?
What is the person telling story?
After a long week at school, Maria was ready to relax on the couch and watch some TV. Just as she got settled with a blanket and the remote, her brother came in loudly through the door and announced he needed to watch the news for a school report. Maria sadly handed over the remote and went to her room to color. Her brother promised that it wouldn't take too long.
Which event happened first in the story?
A. Maria's brother came home.
B. Maria got settled onto the couch with the remote.
C. Maria's brother said it wouldn't take too long.
What is B. Maria got settled onto the couch with the remote?
When a question says "the most likely reason", what is it asking you to do?
What is make an inference?
What type of figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals?
What is personification?
What is setting?
What is where the story takes place?
What is a simile? Give an example.
What is a simile is a comparison of two things using the words like or as.
Example: My pillow was as soft as a cloud.
Read the sentence from the previous story.
After a long week at school, Maria was ready to relax on the couch and watch some TV.
This sentence shows that Maria is...
A. Angry
B. Honest
C. Tired
What is C. Tired?
What would a good FICTION summary include?
Characters
Problem
Resolution
(CPR)
What type of figurative language repeats the same sound in multiple words in a line?
What is alliteration?
That story had a lot of dialogue in it. What does dialogue mean?
What is words that are spoken (uses quotation marks " "; example: "Hello!"
Jose and Philip were fighting over who got to be a captain during the soccer game at recess. Mrs. Abbott came over and talked to the boys, and they both decided to take turns being captain.
What was the conflict, or problem, in the story? How was resolved, or solved?
What is the conflict in the story was that Jose and Philip both wanted to be captain. It was resolved by Mrs. Abbott having them take turns.
In the story, how are Maria and her brother alike?
A. They both want to go back to school.
B. They both want to watch TV.
C. They both loudly came in the room.
What is B. They both want to watch TV.
How should you show proof for a summary?
Placing C, P, R on each of the answer choices to visually see which is the only choice that has a C, P, R.
(Also can use BME)
Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?
A. meow
B. buzz
C. splat
D. hit
What is D. hit?
Define fable and give an example.
What is a short story that has been passed down through the years, and has a moral in life. Example: The Boy Who Cried "Wolf"
I felt the rain drops fall onto my face. Now I'm soaking wet.
The imagery in this sentence appeals to the reader's sense of -
A. Touch
B. Smell
C. Sound
D. Taste
What is A. Touch?
The reader can tell that The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough is realistic fiction because it -
A. Exaggerates the need for her dad to be home.
B. Has a moral in the story.
C. Is a story that could happen in real life.
What is C. is a story that could happen in real life.
Sally took her time placing her stuffed animals on her bed one at a time. She carefully organized them and tucked them in next to her. Before drifting off to sleep, she quietly whispered, "goodnight."
What can the reader conclude about Sally from the way she treats her stuffed animals?
Answers will vary...
Example: She really loves her stuffed animals and takes great care of them.
"Homework is a breeze," is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is metaphor?
Read the dictionary entry for the word secure.
Secure:
1. to place something where it will not move
2. to get something as a result of trying
3. to make certain of sure of
4. to promise payment of
Which meaning best matches the way the word secure is used in the sentence below?My dad secured the TV to the wall in the living room so it would not fall.
A. Meaning 1
B. Meaning 2
C. Meaning 3
D. Meaning 4
What is A meaning 1.
Why do author's use figurative language like similes and imagery in their writing?
What is authors use figurative language to get the reader to visualize what's happening in the story.
The author most likely wrote the selection The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough in order to-
A. Explain the benefit of growing your food.
B. Persuade others to plant crops.
C. Emphasize the need for more sea turtles.
A. Explain the benefit of growing your food.
Why are annotations in important?
What is annotations are important because I am writing the main idea off to the side. This can help me when answering questions.
The word 'up' in this poem is an example of what poetry element?
I tripped on my shoelace
And I fell up—
Up to the roof tops,
Up over town,
Up past the tree tops,
Up over the mountains,
Up where the colors
Blend into the sounds.
But it got me so dizzy
When I looked around,
I got sick to my stomach
And I threw down.
What is repetition?