Words
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Authors
Text Structure
Misc.
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What is a synonym? Give an example.
A word that means the same thing as another word.
Example: Good and wonderful
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What is the difference between fiction and non-fiction?
Fiction is a genre of literature that is based on the imagination of the author, they are NOT true.
Non-fiction is a genre of literature based on facts, actual events, or real people.
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What is a narrator?
the person who is recounting the narrative, and is separate from the author, or the actual human who wrote the story.
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What is sequence?
the order in which events take place.
Look for: dates in order, timelines, before, after, finally, etc.
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What are characteristics?
a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing.
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What is an antonym? Give an example.
A word that means the opposite of another word.
Ex: Good and bad
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What is a caption?
a word or sentence that tells about a picture or drawing.
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What is author's purpose? What are the three reasons an author writes something?
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What is compare and contrast?
explaining how things are alike and how they are different.
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What does it mean to characterize?
to describe the nature of someone or something.
Ex: Mrs. Peterson was asked by the principal to characterize her class.
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What are context clues and how can they help you?
Context clues are parts of a sentence or passage that you can use to determine the meaning of an unknown word.
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What is the climax of a story?
The climax is the highest and most intense part of a story.
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What is the author's purpose of this paragraph?
One day, Max the squirrel found a giant acorn that was too big to carry! He tried rolling it, pushing it, and even pulling it with a vine, but nothing worked. Just when he was about to give up, his squirrel friends came to help. Together, they rolled the acorn down the hill—right into a big pile of leaves! Poof! Leaves flew everywhere, and Max popped out, covered from head to tail. His friends laughed, and Max giggled too. "Well," he said, "at least the acorn made it home!"
Entertain!
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What is problem and solution?
tells about a problem in the story and the solution (how the problem was solved).
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What is a brochure?
a small book or magazine containing pictures and information about a product or service.
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What is a consonant?
All letters in the alphabet BESIDES vowels.
Ex: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z
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What is an Encyclopedia?
a book or set of books giving information on many subjects
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What is the mood of a story?
The feeling or emotion created in the reader as they read. For example, a book can make you feel inspired, happy, scared, etc.
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What is cause and effect?
explaining why something happened.
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What is a pun?
a joke
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What does it mean if something is multisyllabic?
A word that has more than one syllable.
Ex: reading (read-ing), mathematics (math-e-mat-ics)
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What is a memoir?
a true story someone writes about themselves that tells about one specific time in their life.
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What is foreshadowing?
a narrative device in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
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What text structure is shown in this paragraph?
Lily forgot to water her sunflower for a whole week. Because of this, the leaves started to turn yellow, and the flower drooped down. She felt sad and quickly gave it some water. A few days later, the sunflower perked up again, and its bright yellow petals stretched toward the sun. Lily learned that plants need water to stay healthy and strong!
Cause & Effect!
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What is moral?
the rules that people use to guide their behavior and thinking.
Ex: In the story The Tortoise and the Hare the moral is that you can be more successful by doing things slowly and steadily than by acting quickly and carelessly.