Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts
Poetry and Prose Review
Context Clues
Text Structure
100

The pronouns: I, me, my, we , us, our indicate this type of account

What is a firsthand account?

100
This is the definition of theme.
What is the moral of a story or the lesson the author is trying to teach?
100
Give a definition for the word "vexed" in the following sentence: His mom was vexed that he had forgotten his lunch at home, and she had to drive to the school in order to drop it off for him.
What is upset, frustrated, or annoyed?
100
"First, next, finally" are signal words that indicate this text structure.
What is sequential?
200

The pronouns: he, she, they, him, her, them indicate this type of account.

What is a secondhand account?

200

The paragraphs of a poem are called this.

What are stanzas?

200
Give the meaning of the word "inquisitive" based on the sentence: Pedro's teacher described him as inquisitive because he was always asking questions to know more information about the topics that they were reading about, checking out informational texts in the library, and using his flex time in the computer lab. to research topics of interest to him.
What is curious or questioning?
200
When a passage answers WHY something has happened and lists the RESULTS of an event.
What is cause and effect text structure?
300

A firsthand account is this type of source. 

What is a primary source?

300

Prose has to be written using complete _______ and _________. 

What are sentences and paragraphs?

300
Give the meaning of the word "peculiar" based on the following sentence: Since it was a school day, it seemed very peculiar to JoAnne that she saw no cars in the school parking lot. She wondered why no one was there.
What is "strange"?
300
The text structure that discusses similarities and differences between two things is know as this.
What is compare and contrast?
400

A secondhand account is this type of source. 

What is a secondary source?

400

"To fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun,
To whirl and to dance
Till the white day is done.
Then rest at cool evening
Beneath a tall tree
While night comes on gently,
    Dark like me—
That is my dream!"

How would this poem be different if it were written as a piece of Prose? 

What is it would be in sentences and paragraphs? 

400
Use the sentence to give a definition for the word "consumed": Jack was so hungry after running a 5K, he consumed a large bowl of pasta and then asked the waiter to see the menu for a second time.
What is "ate"?
400
The text structure that gives lots of details and examples in known as this.
What is description text structure?
500

"We would gather around the radio every night, listening to the news about the war, hoping for good news." 

- A child during WWII recounting their daily routines in wartime

What is a firsthand account? 

500

"How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!"

The theme of this poem is....

What is looks can be deceiving? 

OR

What is things are not always as they appear? 

500
Give the meaning of the word fragile as it is used the following sentence: She carried the fragile artifact carefully to the table and began gently dusting it off so she could further examine it.
What is "easily broken"?
500

This word means that something is organized by time. 

What is chronological order/chronology?

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