Grammar
What kind of sentence is this? “Close the door.”
Imperative Sentence
What is the main idea of a story?
The most important point or what the story is mostly about.
What does a dictionary tell you about a word?
Its meaning/definition
What type of figurative language is this? “The leaves danced in the wind.”
Personification
Who are the characters in a story?
The people, animals, or creatures in the story
Fix this run-on: “I love pizza I eat it every Friday.”
“I love pizza, and I eat it every Friday.”
If you don’t understand a word in a story, what strategy can you use?
Use context clues.
What is a similar word (synonym) for happy?
glad, joyful, cheerful
What do we call a comparison using like or as?
Simile
What do you call the problem in a story?
The conflict
Which words should be capitalized? “my aunt mary lives in texas.”
My, Mary, Texas
A passage explains the steps for making lemonade. What text structure is it using?
Sequence (or Procedural)
What is the opposite (antonym) for difficult?
easy, simple
Which figurative language is this? “She is a shining star.”
Metaphor
What is the solution in a story?
How the problem is solved
What is the subject in this sentence? “The big dog barked loudly.”
The big dog
If a text explains what happened and why it happened, what text structure is it?
Cause and Effect
In the word unhappy, what does the prefix un- mean?
not
What do you call an exaggeration, like “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.”
Hyperbole
Why is it important to retell a story in sequence?
To show the events in the correct order
Combine these fragments into one complete sentence: “The girl with the red bow. Ran down the street.”
The girl with the red bow ran down the street.
If a story takes place in a spooky forest at night, what story element does this describe?
Setting
Which word means “to look closely at something”?
examine
What kind of figurative language is this? “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”
Alliteration
If the main character learns to be kind at the end of a story, what story element does that show?
The theme or lesson