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A wild Analogy appeared!
loud is to quiet as inside is to _____
outside
How do you spell the name of our school?
*Write it
M Scott Carpenter Elementary School
This text structure is when an author says how things are the same and different.
What is an expository text?
A non-fiction story with real facts and information.
What part of speech includes people, places, things, and ideas?
Nouns
What is main idea?
what the author wants you to take away from the story
Which author's purpose means they are trying to make you laugh?
entertain
What do we call nouns that are more than one?
plural
Name 2 words you might see in a sequence text structure
First, next, then, last, finally, before, after
What is a theme, and why is it important in a story?
Message, or overall meaning of a story.
What is it called when characters talk in a story?
dialogue
What kind of book tells you factual real information?
Non-fiction
The people or animals in a story are called?
characters
What part of speech is the italics word?
My cat loves to watch the birds' nest in our tree.
a) noun
b) adjective
c) verb
noun
What do you use to show characters are talking?
quotation marks
Give an example of a contraction
Ex) you'll, it's, I'm, isn't, won't, can't, they've
Which author's purpose is when the author wants to convince you to believe or do something?
Persuade
What is called when to words are similar?
ex: cold and chilly
Synonym
Explain the difference between fact and opinion
Fact - information stated from proven evidence
Opinion - how someone feels personally.
What is something you MUST always do on a reading test?
Acceptable answers:
Read the passage all the way through
Read the questions all the way through
Find text evidence
What part of speech is the italics word?
Many boys in our class play soccer every day.
a) noun
b) adjective
c) verb
c) verb
Some kinds of bats eat many insects. Some bats can eat up to 600 mosquitos in one hour. Bats are helpful to the environment. They help us by eating insects. Without bats, we would have too many insects.
What is the central idea?
a. bats are mammals
b. bats eat 600 mosquitos in an hour
c. bats eat many insects
c. bats eat many insects
What is a word that means the opposite of called?
ex: on and off
Antonym
Give an example (not one of mine!) of a concrete noun and abstract noun.
Ex) concrete nouns: shoes, cup, tree
abstract nouns: friendship, sadness, hatred
Concrete noun: anything you can perceive with your 5 senses
Abstract noun: something that is an idea or concept, cannot be perceived with 5 senses
When I go back to the story to find the proof of my answer to a question, I am using.....
Text evidence