What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
This part of an essay tells what the topic will be.
The topic sentence or thesis statement in the introduction paragraph
To use strong exaggeration
hyperbole
WHAT IS A METAPHOR
direct comparison of things without using like or as
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = not real/made up, can be funny.
Nonfiction = topic, factual, provides information, not funny.
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
personification
Pairing what you read with what you know to make an educated guess
Making an inference/inferencing
The problem of the story
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
What is a claim ?
Your argument/answer
She is busy as a bee.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
To give a short explanation that only includes the most important parts.
Summarize
Which word in the sentence is the pronoun:
"Mrs. Salonga was so excited to teach her students this new math."
her
What the story is mainly about?
Main idea
What is a synonym for tired?
sleepy, exhausted, etc.
What is the subject pronoun in this sentence:
She watched him play at the park.
She
"Ouch! "Boom!" "Pow!" are all examples of what?
onomatopoeia
Name a testing strategy that you can use on the test?
P – Pre-read the text features
R – Read over twice
E – Eliminate wrong answers
S – Search the story
T – Text evidence– Find the proof
O – Once the answer is found, circle
List all the elements in a plot diagram:
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
This is the last part of a paper that wraps it up. It is best to end this with an impact statement.
What is a conclusion?
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
She is a tornado when she gets angry!
Metaphor
When you highlight, underline or write symbols on a text/passage that you are reading.
annotating