Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is this?
Her hair was light and fluffy, just as a cloud floating through the sky.
Simile
What is a person, place, thing or idea?
Noun
Why do authors use the text structure compare and contrast?
to describe the similarities and differences between 2 things
Name the genre: the events did not actually happen, but they could
Realistic Fiction
True or False: A synonym of happy is joyful.
True
What type of figurative language is this?
Bam! The starting gun sounded and the racers took off!
Onomatopoeia
What are action words?
Verbs
The text structure that puts events in a certain order and uses clue words like 'first', 'next', and 'last' is called...
Sequencing
Name the genre: a fictional story that includes elements of magic (including magical creatures or lands)
Fairy Tales
What is 3rd person point of view?
a story is being told by a narrator who is not in the story, they are watching the events and telling us about them
What type of figurative language is this?
It's raining cats and dogs!
What are words that describe a noun or pronoun?
Adjectives
The text structures that uses clue words like 'because', 'if... then' and 'so' is called...
Cause & Effect
Name the genre: a story that teaches the reader a lesson, called a moral, and often has talking animals for characters
Fables
Theme is...
...what the author is trying to teach their reader. It must be a complete sentence.
What type of figurative language is this?
That is the prettiest dress in the world!
Hyperbole
What are pronouns?
Words that replace nouns - I, me, you, he, she, they, etc.
A book all about lions would probably use what text structure?
Descriptive
Name the genre:
A story that has been passed down orally from generation to generation before finally being written down
Folk Tale
How is Main Idea different from Theme?
Main Idea is what the whole text is about, summarized into a single sentence. It is specific to the text. Theme is the lesson of the text. It is not specific to the text.
The long grass danced gracefully in the wind.
Personification
What are the 3 articles?
a, an, the
What is text structure?
the way an author organizes their information in a text
Name the genre:
The 2 broad categories that all smaller genres fit into - they describe whether or not the information in the text is true or made up.
Fiction & Nonfiction
Analogies compare 2 unlike things by looking at how they are related. Complete the analogy: _______ is to Disney princesses as Abraham Lincoln is to US Presidents.
Any Disney Princess - Belle, Ariel, Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, etc.