Fiction
A family hides in a storm shelter during a tornado.
What type of conflict is this?
Character vs. Nature
1 or 2 sentences that tell us what the text is mainly about is called what?
Example: Dogs are loyal pets.
Main Idea
An older character gives advice or insight to the main character.
What signpost is this?
Words of the Wiser
What names a person, place, or thing?
Noun
The symbol of a skull can represent what meaning?
Death, Halloween, Pirates, Poison/Toxic, Day of the Dead
What element of fiction describes the message or the lesson learned?
Theme
The examples that support the main idea is called what?
Example: Dogs follow your instructions.
Supporting Detail
What will I do this summer? How will I survive 7th grade?
What signpost is this?
Tough Questions
List 3 conjunctions.
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
How the reader emotionally responds to what they read is called what?
Mood
How many different points of view are there that we learned?
Five; First, Second, Third Objective, Third Limited, Third Omniscient
List 2 types of author's purpose.
Entertain, Explain, Persuade, Inform, Describe
“The realization hit me like a lightning bolt that 6th grade was over."
What signpost is this?
AHA Moment
What type of adjective tells how much?
Example: SEVEN dogs.
Quantitative
When an author uses the signposts again & again and tough questions they might be hinting at something about to happen.
What is that called?
Foreshadowing
In the plot map, what element hooks the readers into the story and begins the main conflict?
Inciting Incident
What non-fiction text feature tells what pages the reader can find certain topics?
Index
I thought back to when I first started 6th grade. I was so nervous and scared to be in a new school!
What signpost is this?
Memory Moment
Quickly, tomorrow, and always are examples of what part of speech?
Adverb
What is a stanza?
She laughs and says, "The world gets dumber every time Ally Nickerson speaks."
What can we infer about Shay's character?
Answers Vary; cruel, bossy, nasty, disrespectful, petty, etc. *NOT ACCEPTING MEAN*
A lot people don't spay or neuter their pets. Due to this, there are many unwanted pets. As a result animal shelters are overcrowded and young animals are trapped in lonely cages.
This is an example of what text structure?
Cause & Effect
After Malfoy purposefully broke Harry's pencil, Malfoy offered to buy Harry a cupcake.
What signpost is this?
Contrast and Contradictions
What part of speech is used alone to express strong emotion?
Examples include, Hey! Stop! Ah!
Interjection
"It's time to hit the road!"
What type of figurative language is this?
Idiom