4th Grade
General Reading
General Reading
What is a character trait?
Ways to describe a character's personality, usually an adjective
Names, Titles, Months, Days, Holidays, Locations, Brand names, or the word I.
What are the 4 text structures?
sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast
Which one is NOT a story element of a narrative story?
A. Character
B. Illustration
C. Setting
D. Plot
Illustration
What is it called when you write the events of a story in the order that they happen?
Sequence
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is the difference between main idea and theme?
The main idea is specific to the text. The theme is a life lesson that is useful for any person.
What is it called when two or more characters are speaking in a narrative?
What is the name of the struggle that characters must overcome in a story?
Conflict
An adjective is
A word that describes a noun
What is the purpose of headings in a non-fiction text?
To help the reader understand what the following section is about.
What is the plot of a story?
The events that happen in a story from beginning to end. It includes the beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
Your background knowledge + clues from the text
A verb is
An action word
What is one strategy for determining the main idea of a text?
Using repeated words
Looking for topic sentences
Boxes and bullets
Adding up facts
If the consequence is positive, the author wants us to repeat the character's behavior. If the consequence is negative, the author does not want us to repeat the behavior.
What is the name given to the part of the text in which the story concludes and all problems are addressed?
Every sentence has to end with a..
punctuation mark
Name at least 2 text features
Heading Glossary
Captions Index
Illustration Bold text
Maps
Charts
True or False:
There can only be one theme for each story.
False! Stories often have more than one theme at a time.