Poetry
True or False: All poems need to rhyme.
False
the purpose and point of the story
What is the main idea/central idea?
Cats and dogs are boths pets but cats meow and dogs bark
What type of text structure is this?
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
the "paragraph" of a poem
What is a stanza?
the moral/lesson learned in a story
Theme
First, you take out the bread, then you get a knife. Next, you will spread the peanut butter and jelly. Finally, you will put the bread together to make a sandwich.
What type of text structure is this?
Sequence/Chronological
giving an object human qualities
What is personification?
Over the holidays, families can show their GENEROSITY by donating food to the homeless.
A sentence in a poem is called?
A Line
A conclusion reached by using an educated guess.
What is an inference?
The little girl had brown hair, blue eyes and a pink dress on. She said her name is Sally, but she looks like a Lola.
What type of text structure is this?
Description
Tom taught Tina to play tennis.
What is alliteration?
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?
One way to figure out the theme of a poem?
anything that helps to prove that something is or is not true
What is evidence?
Plastic pollution is starting to take over the world, which is causing global warming. To stop this, we need to be sure to do our part of cleaning up after ourselves.
What type of text structure is this?
Problem/Solution
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?
How could you determine the mood and tone of a poem?
Word Choice
To examine closely or study something
Analyze
People are cutting down trees to build homes so animals are losing their habitats and dying off.
What type of text structure is this?
Cause and Effect
an exaggeration; For example, I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
What is an objective summary
A summary with no opinions