Vocabulary
What type of story can you find rhyming and figurative language?
Poetry or a poem is the genre.
What change should be made in this sentence?
Even though december was bitterly cold, a farmer walked around his land each day.
Capitalize the D in December.
What components of RACES do I need to complete a short constructed response?
I need to restate/answer the question and cite my evidence from the story.
What type of nonfiction text is written about a person's life?
A biography is a text written about a person's life.
What type of fictional story can be performed in a theater, has stage directions, and characters with speaking parts?
What is a word that has a similar meaning called?
The word is called a synonym.
How would I combine these two sentences?
Amber is my cousin. Kaleb is also my cousin.
Amber and Kaleb are my cousins.
What is the minimum number of sentences I need to complete an extended constructed response?
I need at least 4 sentences to complete an extended constructed response.
What is the author's purpose for writing a non fiction story?
What is usually the author's purpose for writing a fictional story?
The author's purpose is to entertain the reader.
This part of speech describes a noun or pronoun.
This is called an adjective.
What change should be made in this sentence?
Life for bees begins when the queen lays tiny rice-shaped eggs into a honeycomb cells.
Delete the word a in the sentence.
What do I need in my writing if I'm citing evidence from the story?
You need to reference the story by saying in the story, in the paragraph and using quotation marks.
What type of graphic feature is underneath a photograph or an illustration that describes it?
A caption is under most photographs and illustrations.
What is the most common text structure for fiction texts?
Problem and solution text structure is found in most fictional texts.
Which point of view is where the narrator is not part of the story and the pronouns he, she, we it, they and them are used.
Third person point of view is the answer.
Which sentence from the passage is written incorrectly?
Priya’s favorite food is pizza. Priya’s family eats pizza every Friday night. Friday night is Priya’s favorite night. Can’t wait for Friday. Priya wishes she could eat pizza every day.
Can't wait for Friday.
What transition word can I use in my sum it up part of my writing?
I will use the words in conclusion.
What is the most common text structure for non fiction texts?
Description is commonly used in non fiction texts?
The person telling the story in a fictional text is called the?
A narrator is the person telling the story.
What is a simile?
A comparison of two things using the words like or as.
How many mistakes are in this sentence?
mary and blake go to the store yesterday?
There are 4 mistakes. mary and blake need to be capitalized, go needs to be changed to went, the punctuation mark should be a period not a question mark.
How do you write about two different stories?
I find similarities and differences between them.
What text feature can help you find the main idea in each paragraph?
Look at the headings or subheadings of each paragraph.
What parts of the story make up the plot?
Character, setting, problem and solution make up the plot of a story.