Genre
Text Structure
Text Features
Grammar
Author's Purpose
100
Define fiction.
What is A narrative story that uses made-up or untrue characters or events. In some works of fiction, the entire story is made up; in others, the story is based in part on real people or events. Fiction includes both short stories and novels. A short story can usually be read in one sitting. Novels are longer and tend to be more complex.
100
Define Text Structure
What is the way the author presents the text?
100
Define Text Features
What are elements of the text used to aid in reading.
100
Define a sentence vs. a fragment.
What is need a subject and a verb?
100
Define Author's Purpose
What is his/her reason for creating a particular work?
200
Define nonfiction
What is Writing that tells about real people, places, and events?
200
Define chronological order. Give key words
What is a time sequence? Later, Before, Next, After
200
Give examples of graphic aids.
What is visual aid, graph, diagram, etc.
200
Running through the woods.
What is a fragment?
200
Explain persuade.
What is convincing someone to do something?
300
Explain the two different types of nonfiction.
What is Literary nonfiction reads much like fiction, except that the characters, setting, and plot are real rather than imaginary. Its purpose is usually to entertain or express opinions or feelings. Literary nonfiction includes autobiographies, biographies, and essays. Informative nonfiction provides factual information. Its main purpose is to inform or explain. Examples include: newspaper and magazine articles, textbooks, encyclopedia articles.
300
Explain cause and effect.
What is one event leads to another?
300
Give examples of text features
What is title, subheading, graphic aids.
300
Sara was eating a cookie.
What is a sentence?
300
Define Express an Opinion
What is look for "I" statements that share the writer's opinion?
400
Define drama.
What is A drama or play is a form of literature meant to be performed before an audience.
400
Define Spatial Order. Use key words
What is describing an area around you? Above,below, beside, right, left
400
Turn to page R15 in the textbook. Define the text features.
What is Headings, subheadings, bold words.
400
Turn off the lights!
What is a sentence? (implied "you")
400
Give an example of where an author would be informing you of something.
What is (individual answers)
500
a type of literature in which ideas, images, and feelings are expressed in few words.
What is poetry?
500
Explain compare and contrast
What is describing the similarities and differences?
500
Name three different types of graphs.
What is bar, line, pie?
500
Find the fragment: Eating pizza in the cafetera. Sara and Bill enjoyed their lunch. Eddie did not like lunch because he had a burger.
What is the first sentence?
500
Define Entertain.
What is the main purpose is to amuse the reader?
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