Parts of a Story
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
What is an action word called?
What does the root "bio" mean?
In a poem, a group of lines is referred to as a
stanza
The problem of the story
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
What is the proper noun in the following sentence? Mário loves to paint and draw colorful landscape scenes.
She is busy AS a bee.
He is fast LIKE a cheetah.
These is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
What a text is mostly about
Central Idea/Main Idea
What are the 2 types of character traits and explain the difference between them.
Internal = Personality
External = Physical
What does it mean if you are asked to make an inference?
To make an educated guess based on what you already know.
What is a pronoun?
A word that is used in place of a noun
"You are my sunshine" is an example of?
A metaphor
What does chronological order mean?
order of events from first to last
The person/character who is telling the story is called the what?
Narrator
What does "desolate" mean? Use context clues within the sentence to help you figure it out.
Chris could see nothing but the sky over the fields as he wandered through the desolate plains.
How many nouns are in this sentence:
Boyer and Shayna drove past the store and quickly parked by Chipotle.
4
What does the root word "hydro" mean?
Water
How the author thinks or feels about the topic
Author's Perspective/Tone
In the movie Lion King, which character would be considered as the antagonist?
Scar
What punctuation marks do you use to cite direct evidence from a text?
Quotation marks
What is the adverb in the following sentence:
The girl quickly texted her mom to let her know the time of the game had changed.
What type of figurative language is this?
The leaves danced in the wind.
Personification
The message or life lesson of the story
Theme