Author's Purpose
True or False: The Author's Purpose is the same thing as a central idea?
FALSE
the purpose and point of the paragraph
What is the main idea/central idea?
the boy ran away.
What is wrong with this sentence?
What is needs a capital letter?
a comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
The thought of eating a rat is ABHORRENT to most people.
What is the Horrible/ Nasty
What is tone?
the moral/lesson learned
What is theme?
Did you see the boy run He is going to the store.
What is missing?
What is a question mark?
giving an object human qualities
What is personification?
Over the holidays, families can show their GENEROSITY by donating food to the homeless.
The reason why the author wrote the text
What is author's purpose?
A conclusion reached by using an educated guess.
What is an inference?
Which is the correct spelling?
A. acomplish
B. accomplish
C. accomplissh
D. acomplich
What is B. accomplish?
Makes a comparison without like or as: You are a shining star in the classroom!
What is a metaphor?
When you read you often come to words that you don't know. One way to find out a words meanings is to look for_________________________________
What is Context Clues?
FALSE
anything that helps to prove that something is or is not true
What is evidence?
The boy said, I am going to the store.
What is missing?
What are quotation marks?
BOOM!
BAM!
Bzzzzzzz!
Ringgggg!
What is onomatopoeia?
The garrulous boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.
What does garrulous mean?
What is Talkative?
The first step in finding the author's purpose
diagrams, timelines, captions, photographs, graphs, subtitles, headings
What are text features?
Which is correct?
A. The teacher Mrs. Davis teaches 6th grade ELA.
B. The teacher, Mrs. Davis, teaches 6th grade ELA.
C. The teacher "Mrs. Davis" teaches 6th grade ELA.
What is B. The teacher, Mrs. Davis, teaches 6th grade ELA.
an exaggeration; For example, I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
The date of Spring Break.
What is March 25 - April 1st, (10 more school days) !!!!