Author's Purpose & Point of View
If an article encourages recycling, what is the author's purpose?
What is "to persuade"?
What structure lists events in order?
What is "chronological order"?
The time and place of a story is called:
What is "setting"?
Choose the correct verb: "Neither the students nor the teacher (know/knows) the answer."
What is "knows"?
If a character cries and slams a door, what can you infer?
What is "The character is angry or upset"?
Which point of view uses "I" and "we"?
What is "first-person"?
What text structure shows how things are alike and different?
What is "compare and contrast"?
A turning point in the story is called:
What is "climax."
Identify the sentence type: "We went to the park, but it started to rain."
What is "compound?"
What does "jubilant" mean in the sentence "She was jubilant after winning the race"?
What is "very happy or joyful"?
What is the author's purpose in a how-to article?
What is "to inform"?
A passage that provides a lot of details about the appearance of a dinosaur uses what structure?
What is "description"?
The problem in a story is known as:
What is "conflict"?
Identify the sentence type: "Although it rained, we went to the park."
What is "complex"?
What can you infer from the sentence "He glanced around before hiding the note"?
What is "He didn’t want anyone to see him"?
What is the author's purpose if they are telling a funny story?
What is "to entertain"?
A passage that explains an issue and then gives an idea of how to fix that issue uses what structure?
What is "problem and solution"?
The lesson or moral of the story is:
What is "theme"?
A sentence type includes an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a complex sentence?
If the passage describes the character's cheeks turning red and sweat dripping, what can you infer?
What is that the character is hot or nervous?
A story written using "he" and "she" is in what point of view?
What is "third-person"?
A passage that explains why something happened uses what structure?
What is "cause and effect"?
The event that starts the character on the journey or starts the story moving is called:
What is the "inciting incident" or "inciting event"?
What joins two clauses in a compound sentence?
What is "a comma and a coordinating conjunction"?
What does "frigid" mean in the sentence "They bundled up before stepping into the frigid wind"?
What is "extremely cold"?