ELA
aud- is an example of what type of word....?
Root word
These are: " "
What are quotation marks?
The dog was as happy as a clam. What type of figurative language is this sentence using?
Simile
What is the purpose of a topic sentence in a paragraph?
It explains what your paragraph will be about so your readers get an idea of what they're about to read.
What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
If a text uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
What point of view is it written in?
What is third-person point of view?
Alliteration
The prefix bi- in bicycle means that a bicycle has ___ wheels.
What is two or 2?
What does it mean to "summarize" a text?
A summary should highlight the main points of a story.
Can you explain the difference between a fiction and a nonfiction text?
Fiction: Imagination/not real
Nonfiction: Facts/based on real events
Use context clues
The problem of the story is called...
conflict
If the prefix -un means not, what does unavailable mean?
What is, not able to do something
Coordinating Conjunctions
What is a theme, and why is it important in a story?
The theme is a message, moral of the story, or the overall meaning of a story.
The theme of this paragraph?
Sadie was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done even though she knew she'd be punished.
What is honesty?
Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing.
The word assumed means
What is suspected or guessed?
The text structure that puts events in order is know as
What is sequence or chronological?
What type of clause is a complete sentence and can stand alone?
Independent clause
What is the difference between first-person and third-person point of view?
First-person: narrator (I, me, and my)
Third-person: narrator is not a character in a story. (he, she, they, and them)
What is a central idea?
What the text is mostly about
An imperative sentence ends with a/an....
What is a period?
What is at the top? The climax or the resolution?

Climax
Can you analyze the metaphor "The stars are diamonds in the sky". What does this imply?
The stars are shining bright.
When two characters have a conversation it is called?
Dialogue