What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
What is text evidence?
Quoting from the text to support your answer.
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
Give one example of a character trait to describe a character in a story
kind, shy, funny, brave, bold
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
What is an inference?
Using what you know about the text to make your own thoughts/ conclusions.
What is the conflict of a story?
The problem
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
Poverty : Wealth: Sickness: _______
Health
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
What is incorrect about this quote?
Mrs. Salonga was so excited to teach her students this new math." (page 4).
Missing quotation mark
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
What is an antonym for loud?
Quiet
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
What is this diagram called?
Story Map, Story Mountain, Plot Mountain
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
What is the difference between fact and opinion?
Opinion is your thoughts and a fact is a proven statement.