Sentences
What does the beginning of every sentence need to start with?
A capital letter
What is a character trait?
An adjective to describe a character in a story!
What is the difference between theme and main idea?
Theme is the lesson of the story. Main idea is what the story is MOSTLY about.
What is a context clue?
The words around an unknown word that help us to figure out what it means
What are events in a story?
The things that happen in the plot.
What type of sentence is this? Where are we going?
interrogative
What does sumptuous mean?
Expensive, fancy
What is it called when characters are talking in a story? What do we use to show they are talking?
Dialogue, Quotation marks
What is the main idea of a story?
What the WHOLE passage is about.
What are the people or animals that have dialogue in a narrative called?
Characters
An adjective is
A word that describes a noun
After a long day of playing in the snow, the kids snuggled up in their cozy pajamas, sipping hot chocolate by the fireplace. What does cozy mean?
comfortable
What are the three main author's purposes for writing a text?
Persuade, Inform, and Entertain
If the story is written by someone IN the story, what is the point of view?
What is first person POV
What is the setting?
Where and when the story takes place
What are the two ways to end an imperative sentence?
period, exclamation mark
Dylan goes to the Air and Space Museum every chance he gets because he is fascinated by planes. What does fascinated mean?
interested in
"finding friends for fun Fridays featuring food for fish" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Alliteration
What is an example of author's craft?
Voice, mood, anecdote, language, figurative language, interesting words, point of view, dialogue, text features, graphic features, sensory details
Solution
A verb is
An action word
Cathryn carried the delicate china to the table very carefully. What does delicate mean?
fragile, easily breakable or damaged
What is the theme of a story?
The lesson or moral that we and the characters learn
What are some key words that tell us a passage is in first person?
I, me, my, us,
What are the 4 literary elements of a story?(Parts of a story?)
Characters, setting, problem, solution