Reading 6th Grade
An educated guess based on background knowledge and clues from a text
What is an inference
This type of writing is meant to teach or explain a particular topic to its audience. It is fact based.
What is the informational writing?
What is a simile?
The polite way to ask someone for something:
_____ you tell me what time it is?
a. May
b. Can
c. Will
What is c. Will?
Words that are similar in meaning
What are synonyms?
The main point the author is trying to make in an text
What is a central idea?
This type of writing is meant to convince your audience to see things from the author's perspective.
What is argumentative writing?
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
The ending to a root word
What is suffix?
The author's attitude with which he/she writes; the author's feelings about the subject he/she writes about
What is tone?
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view
This type of writing tells a story with characters, setting, and a plot. It can be fiction or non-fiction and is usually told in 1st or 3rd person.
What is narrative writing?
The turning point in a story; usually the most exciting event in the story
What is the climax?
The beginning of a root word
What is a prefix?
"I'm so tired, I could sleep for a week!" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a hyperbole?
This is an underlying message the author wants to convey in his/her story. It is a lesson about life that the author wants you to learn.
What is a theme?
When the story is told from the perspective of the narrator who is a character in the story; uses pronouns such as "I" or "me."
What is first person?
A type of informational text structure where an author tells how two or more things are alike and/or how they are different
What is compare and contrast?
What do the following prefixes mean?
-bi
-auto
-pre-
-two
-self
-before
"Her home was a prison" is this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
The storyline or sequence of events in a play, story, movie or similar work
What is a plot?
This particular genre of literature is not easy to define. It is different from prose and does not adhere to a specific structure. It may contain rhyme, rhythm, and figurative language, but not necessarily.
What is a poetry?
A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning.
What is an idiom?
What do the following suffixes mean?
-less
-ful
-er
-without
-full of
-a person who
"The crisp, crunchy croissants were scrumptious" is an example of this type of sound device/figurative language.
What is alliteration?