Reading
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective /point of view
First Person
Pick out the nouns in this sentence:
The brown dog jumped over the neighbor's fence.
dog, fence
Comparing two things using "like" or "as" is called what?
a simile
A type of poem that does not have rhythm or rhyme is called what?
free verse
Give an example of a character trait to describe a character
kind, shy, funny, brave, bold
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective/point of view
Third Person
What is/are the verb(s) in this sentence?
She had danced in the competition last year.
had danced
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
personification
When you are looking at a piece of writing, but haven't read the words yet, how do you know a piece of writing is poetry? Give at least two different reasons.
There are line breaks and stanzas.
There are not many words on a line.
It might be missing punctuation or capital letters, or every line might have a capital letter.
It doesn't look like a paragraph.
When asked for what a text is "mostly about" what is wanted?
Central idea or Main idea
The message or life lesson that can apply to you/me
Theme
Pick out the adjectives in this sentence:
The alien had three large eyes on its wide brown face.
three, large, wide, brown
It's raining cats and dogs.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Idiom
What two kinds of figurative language are used to create this line of poetry:
The wind wailed to the waves and the water whipped angry whitecaps.
To give a short explanation that only includes the most important parts of a text.
Summarize (summary)
Pairing what you read with what you know to make an educated guess
making an inference (inferring)
Pick out the adverbs in this sentence:
Yesterday, the baby quickly crawled under the blanket to play peek-a-boo.
yesterday, quickly
When the word imitates the sound that the word makes when said aloud, it is called what?
onomatopoeia
Poetry often includes figurative language to make it more descriptive and create a mental picture for the reader. That mental picture in poetry is called _______.
imagery
What is the difference between the "mood" and the "tone" of a piece of writing?
The mood is how the reader feels, the tone is how the author feels about the topic or character(s).
What is a text feature? Provide examples.
Text feature - anything used in a text to enhance it or convey the author's point.
vocab words, tables, graphs, pictures, captions, etc.
What are the prepositions in this sentence:
The baby went behind the door and hid his face under a blanket to play hide-and-go-seek.
behind, under
To use strong exaggeration when speaking
hyperbole
AABB
ABAB
ABCB
Are all examples of what?
rhyme scheme in poetry
What is the beginning part of the story called where we are exposed to the characters and the setting?
exposition