Grammar
What is the contraction for they do?
they'd
What does the beginning of every sentence need to start with?
A capital letter
What is a summary?
What will I use when reading/writing if I don't know the meaning of a word?
Context Clues
Spell the opposite of day
night
What is cause and effect?
One thing makes another thing happen
What is an adjective?
a word that describes a noun
period
exclamation point
question mark
What is the central idea?
How many times a week should you read?
Everyday!
Spell the opposite of go
stop
What type of text is full of facts?
nonfiction
What is an adverb?
A word that describes a verb
What is the first paragraph of an essay called?
introduction
What is the author's purpose?
why the author wrote the story
What are the 5 senses?
Taste, touch, sight, smell, hearing
Spell the opposite of ugly
beautiful
What does sequence of events mean?
The order of events in a story
What is "" called?
quotation marks
What are the middle paragraphs of an essay called?
body paragraphs
What are the three parts of the plot?
rising action, climax, resolution
What kind of book has true facts? Fiction or Non-Fiction?
Fiction
Spell the opposite of sunny
cloudy
What does it mean to make an inference?
It means to figure something out in a story by looking at text evidence and thinking about what you already know to come up with the inference.
What is a verb?
An action word!
What is the end paragraph of an essay called?
conclusion
What is perspective?
What does speechless mean?
Not able to speak.
Spell the opposite of noisy
quiet
What is the difference between an illustration and a photograph?
an illustration is a drawing/fictional while a photograph is a picture/real
What are words that are used in place of someone's name? Such as she, he, they...
pronouns
What should the body paragraphs have to prove what you have to say?
What do you do when you finish your test early?
go back and review
reread the story and check your answers
What is an idiom?
a phrase that is not the literal meaning
Spell the opposite of huge
tiny, small, little
What is a prediction?
An educated or informed guess about what will happen next in the story.