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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
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
third person
What sentence can you read to quickly determine what a paragraph is about?
topic sentence - the first one
What is the theme of a story?
the lesson or moral of a story
The problem of the story
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
What goes inside a body paragraph?
Claim, evidence, reasoning, conclusion
List one way you can begin your reasoning sentences
This shows....
This proves.....
etc.....
What is text evidence?
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
What is a hook?
a question or statement to catch the audience's attention
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = a made up story
Nonfiction = text based on factual information
What should be included in a summary?
Short version on main ideas and key details on the text. It should be in the same order as the text and free of opinions or personal bias.
Name at least two types of figurative language
idiom, simile, hyperbole, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia
What is a central idea?
what the text is mostly about
What a nonfiction text is mostly about?
Facts or real events
Describe how central ideas are developed in a text.
Through examples, details, and explanations that support the main idea.
List two strategies you can use identify the central idea of the text
look at visuals, words repeated, title and subheadings, rerading first and last sentences
In the tet it states
The author states
Page 19 says
etc....
Name two forms of narrative writing
Poems and short stories
What is a thesis statement?
when you restate and respond to the prompt, listing three examples/reasons that lead into your three paragraphs
What is a character conflict?
A struggle between characters, which can be internal or external.
What type of text structure would most likely be used in a text explaining the dangers of balloons?
What are the three types of author's purpose?
persuade, inform, entertain