Reading Random
What does the phrase "most likely" mean?
To infer
What is it called when there's a really descriptive part in a story that uses the 5 senses?
When there's a really...
Imagery
When joining 2 complete sentences you must have a _________ and a _____________.
comma and conjunction (fanboy)
How do you write the words "they have" as a contraction?
They've
What is it called when we give "human feelings or actions" to something that isn't living?
Personification
What are the 5 plot elements of a story?
Exposition/Introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
When you get to your ECR section of the test, If the question is asking you to pick between 2 different things, what type of essay are you writing?
Argumentative, and you need to have 2 reasons as to why you chose this option to support you claim.
Everyone should choose chocolate ice cream! It is the very best!
This is an example of a fact or opinion ?
Opinion
Explain Central idea
Central Idea is...
what the section or selection is mainly about
How would you combine these sentences?
The baby was still crying. The mom did not pick him up.
The baby was still crying, but the mom did not pick him up.
The text is about the way rabbits survive in their environment.
What genre of reading is this?
Fiction, Nonfiction/Informational Text, Drama or Poetry
This is nonfiction/informational text.
Marks bike was tooken from his back yard.
Mark's bike was taken from his backyard.
There are 24 hours in a day, seven days in a week and there are 12 months in a year.
This is a fact or opinion?
Fact.
What is text structure and what different text structures did we learn about?
Text structure is the way an author organizes the information in the text.
Chronological order/Sequence, Cause and effect, Problem and solution, Compare and contrast, Description.
What change if any should be made to the sentence?
My mother said, You need to clean your room after school!"
Add quotation marks before the word You.
What are the paragraphs in a poem called?
What is a Stanza?
What does it mean to infer?
To infer...
Take you what you already know and apply it to the story to make the best guess.
To know and understand something(figure it out) without being told explicitly.
What is the THEME of a story or text?
Theme is...
A lesson or moral message of the story
What does R.A.P. stand for?
Restate the question
Answer
Prove it! (Evidence)
The boy were walking along carnation street when he seen the cars crash?
What 5 corrections needs to be made?
The boy WAS walking along Carnation Street when he SAW the cars crash.
What are the parts to an ECR?
Introduction: Restate and answer
Body (1 or 2): Transition, Answer (CI/topic), Provide Evidence and Explain
Conclusion: Repeat your restate and answer.
What is Author's purpose?
Why the...
The reason why the Author is writing the text.
(to persuade, inform or entertain the reader)
When taking the Reading STAAR, what strategies do you need to show?
1. What type of text it is (Inform., Fiction, Poem or Drama)
2.Annotate (CSPPST FICTION, plot diagram, (SSIFT poetry, informational.)
3. Author's Purpose (P.I.E.D)
4. Point of View (1st, 3rd)
5. NoE!, WL, O.T
What two ways are apostrophes used?
Contractions and possessives (ownership)
What needs to be changed in this sentence?
abraham went to visit his best friend in america.
Abraham and America needs to be capitalized