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Fact or opinion: Asparagus is the most delicious vegetable ever.
Opinion
These are: " "
Quotation marks
The suffix -ist means what?
(Hint: think about the words artist and scientist)
A person who does or makes something (for example: biologist, artist, dentist, scientist...)
What is the purpose of a topic sentence in a paragraph?
It explains what your paragraph will be about.
What is this punctuation mark called: ?
Question mark
If a narrator uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
- is the narrator part of the story or outside the story?
Outside the story
Give an example of a verb
Any action word. For example: jump, run, walk, laugh, skip, yell, etc.
What does compare and contrast mean?
To find similarities and differences.
What does it mean to "summarize" a text?
To shorten the story but still highlight the main points of the story.
What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction?
Fiction: Imaginary/not real
Nonfiction: Facts/based on real events
What is this punctuation mark called: !
Exclamation Mark
What does it mean to persuade?
To convince someone to believe or do something.
What does the prefix un- mean?
(Hint: think of the words unavailable, unequal, and unhappy)
Un- means not
What is the purpose of a conclusion in an essay?
The purpose of a conclusion in a story is to provide a final summary of the main points and wrap everything up.
What is the difference between a noun and a proper noun?
A noun is any person, place, or thing (boy, girl, school, dog)
A proper noun is a specific person, place, or thing (Ms. Bryant, California, Los Angeles, Bluey)
What is the lesson in this paragraph?
Sadie was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done even though she knew she'd be punished.
Be honest
synonym of hard
difficult, tricky, challenging...
What is chronological order?
Putting things in time order (first, next, last)
Explain the difference between fact and opinion.
Fact: Information stated from proven evidence.
Opinion: How someone personally feels.
What does a complete sentence need?
A subject, a predicate, a capital letter at the beginning, and a punctuation mark at the end.
When I go back to the story to find details to support my answer to a question, I am finding.....
Text evidence
antonym of sad
happy, excited, thrilled, joyful...
What does the idiom "raining cats and dogs" mean?
It's raining really hard
What does the idiom "Butterflies in my stomach" mean?
I am feeling nervous.
What is this punctuation mark called: ,
Comma