Academic Vocabulary
What is theme?
The message/lesson in the story
What is the setting?
The main place where a story takes place
Ms. Worley's favorite drink is....
Dr. Pepper
1st person point of view-what key words do we see?
3rd person point of view-what key words do we see?
me, my, I, we, ours, us, myself
him, her, them, they, names
What is the first thing you do when you receive a paper assignment?
PUT YOUR NAME (IN PENCIL)!
What is main idea?
What the story is mostly about?
What are main characters?
The characters who are most in the story
Cause & Effect
Which one happens first?
Which one happens because of the first?
cause
effect
What is authors point of view?
Which of these is correct?
I went to there house after school.
I went to their house after school.
Their
What is an idiom?
A saying that means something different from its literal meaning
What is the plot?
The main events in a story
What does it mean to contrast things?
What does it mean to compare things?
Tell how they are different
Tell how they are similar/alike
What is an antonym?
What is a synonym?
Words that have opposite definitions
Words that have the same definitions
Correct this sentence:
In my opinion Super Mario Brothers 3 is the best game on the NES.
In my opinion, Super Mario Brothers 3 is the best game on the NES.
What is a simile?
Comparing 2 unlike things using the words like or as.
What is the problem of a story?
An issue that is trying to be solved
What does personification mean?
Giving human qualities to an animal or object
What is the difference between informational text and literature?
Informational text provides facts or information to understand a real topic.
Literature is a form of entertaining using works like stories, books, or poems.
Correct this sentence:
Michael Jordan the greatest player of all time changed the game of basketball.
Michael Jordan, the greatest player of all time, changed the game of basketball.
What is a metaphor?
Comparing 2 unlike things without using the words like or as
What is the solution in a story?
How they are fixing/solving the story problem
The root phob means fear, so what is someone with a phobia most likely to do?
laugh, scream, sigh, or yawn
scream
Where does the suffix occur in a word?
Where does the prefix occur in a word?
At the very end
At the very beginning
Correct this sentence:
I would have went to Walmart, and my car was out of gas.
I would have went to Walmart, but my car was out of gas.