FICTION
The location and time in which a story takes place.
What is the SETTING?
The purpose of a table of contents is _________.
What is to show the table of contents shows the chapter headings and their page numbers?
TRUE or FALSE: Figurative language means exactly what it says.
What is False?
The voice that tells the story. Sometimes a character in the story.
What is the NARRATOR?
The meaning of the prefix un-.
What is NOT?
To summarize a fiction passage, the reader should use this strategy.
What is Somebody Wanted But So Then?
This is the purpose of a caption.
What is to tell information about a photograph or illustration.
The figurative language in the lines below is ________.
There is no denying
The sky is crying
Plop, plop, plopping
The drops are dropping
What is "The sky is crying"?
The point of view of the sentence below.
The teachers told their students that they were required to prepare a science fair project.
What is 3rd person? Key words: they, their
A synonym for fierce.
What is ferocious, vicious, wild, dangerous, savage, untamed?
This is the deeper meaning or the insight the story teaches about life.
What is THEME?
The main idea usually found here in a non fiction paragraph.
What is the BEGINNING or END.
"The tiny white flowers dotted the morning mountainside like patches of snow" compare these two things.
What is flowers to snow?
Change the sentence below to show 1st person point of view.
The teachers told their students that they were required to prepare a science fair project.
What is
I told my students that we were required to prepare a science fair project.
The prefix in the word recalculated.
What is re-?
The major problem in a story.
What is the CONFLICT?
To summarize a non fiction passage, the reader uses this strategy.
What is the 5 W's (who, what, where, when, why)?
"The stars were candles guiding the weary travelers" compares these things.
What is stars to candles?
This is the organizational patter for the passage below:
Both cats and dogs are pets. Dogs require more work than cats, while cats are fairly self-sufficient. More people own dogs as pets than cats. All pets require regular check ups with the vet.
What is COMPARE/CONTRAST? Key words: both, more, while, all
The root word of unenviable.
The definition is _____________.What is ENVY?
It means to want what someone else has.
UNENVIABLE means???????
When the conflict in a story is settled.
What is the RESOLUTION?
Nonfiction books have photographs for this purpose.
What is to show the reader what something looks like. It gives the reader more information.
The meaning of "This cat weighs a ton".
What is the cat is very heavy or fat?
This is the organizational pattern for the passage below:
The American colonists wrote a letter to King George listing all the causes for their unhappiness. After the king refused to respond, the colonists prepared for war.
What is CAUSE/EFFECT? Key words: causes, respond
The meaning of the word distinguished as it is used in the sentence below:
The soldier was a distinguished member of the elite forces, who was awarded many medals for his bravery.
What is successful and admired?