Key Vocabulary
Parts of Speech
Vocabulary
Grab Bag
Application
100
What the selection is mostly about
What is main idea
100
a person, place, or thing
What is noun
100
type of book...fiction/non-fiction etc.
What is genre
100
Who is telling the story
What is point of view
100
The cause is it is raining outside. What is the effect?
What is I wear a rain jacket (answers may vary)
200
moral or lesson
What is theme
200
a describing word
What is adjective
200
fiction, animals have human qualities (retold)
What is fable
200
Retell the story with a beginning, middle, and end.
What is summary
300
problem, important events, and resolution
What is plot
300
action word
What is verb
300
the lesson the story teaches
What is moral
300
How the writer uses words to make us feel.
What is mood
300
If a story is written using words such as "She, he, they, it" it is written in what point of view?
What is third person
400
the big idea, or the lesson the teacher is trying to teach
What is central message
400
specific person or place
What is proper noun
400
group of sentences/phrases in a poem
What is stanza
400
What are the reasons an author writes the story.
What is author's purpose
400
What is a character trait of Anne Frank?
What is bright, hopeful, lively (answers may vary)
500
qualities that describe a character
What is character trait
500
words that mean the same
What is Synonym
500
to tell how two things are alike and different
What is compare and contrast
500
Name the three reasons an author writes a story
What is persuade, inform, and entertain
500
`During a fire drill you must evacuate the building. To find the meaning of the word evacuate, you should use _______.
What are context clues
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