Vocabulary
Where and when the story takes place
What is setting?
The reason the author or narrator writes a passage or story
What is author's purpose?
What characteristics tell you that a text is a play?
What is stage directions and list of characters?
What is the root word of explainable? What is the suffix?
What is explain?
What is able?
If a question asks about why the author included paragraph 19, what should you do before answering the question?
What is reread paragraph 19?
What the text is mainly about
What is main idea?
The reason the author writes a text or passage
What is the author's purpose?
Type of poem that does not rhyme
What is free-verse poem?
What tool can you use to look up an unfamiliar word?
What is a dictionary?
What is a good strategy to use when you are unsure of an answer to a question?
What is re-read the passage and use process of elimination?
Metaphors, similes, alliteration, and personification are all types of what?
[The scene opens in the school cafeteria. Bella, Scott, and Amy are eating lunch with their classmates.]
Why does the author include the stage directions in a play?
What is to identify the time and place(setting) of the story?
What is the root word of the word trying? What is the suffix?
What is try and ing?
What is another word for the lesson or message in a story?
What is theme?
The basic sequence of events in a story
What is plot?
Why does the author include a caption with graphs, maps, or pictures ?
Take a deeeeeeeeep breath. I’m so glad it’s everywhere
Why would a poet write the word "deep" like this?
What is to place emphasis on that word or line?
What does it mean to describe how two passages differ?
What is how the passages are different or do not have in common?
What are the key words to determine if a story is first person or third person point of view?
What is I, we, me(first-person)?
What is he/she/it/they(third-person)?
How do you figure out something that wasn't said in the story?
What is using context clues or making an inference?
Like batters rich and thick, of half-scraped pan, and spoons she lets you lick.
What sense is the author appealing to?
What is sense of taste?
What is it called when a poet repeats ideas or words in a poem? Why would a poet do this?
What is repetition? Because the poet wants to emphasize those ideas or words
What does it mean to describe how two passages are similar?
What is what the passages have in common?
If a story is written in third-person, who is the narrator?
What is an unknown observer