Text Structures
A text that shows similarities and differences.
What is perspective?
Your view on something.
Where in a word would you find a prefix?
At the beginning of a word
What is personification?
Giving human qualities to non-living things
What is theme?
Message or lesson you can learn from the story.
The squirrel eats plants and seeds in the simmer so that he can get plump in time for winter.
Cause and Effect
What do authors support their perspective or claim with?
Facts and evidence.
What is an antonym?
A word that means the opposite of a word
"It's raining cats and dogs."
This is an example of a _________.
Idiom
Who is a narrator in a story?
The person telling the story.
What text structure uses key words such as challenge, issue, resolution, and solved?
Problem & Solution
What is first person point of view?
When the narrator is a character in the story.
Uses pronouns like I, me, or my.
The troop started off on the hike, which was grueling at parts, with steep slopes, slippery mud, and jagged rocks.
What does the word grueling tell us about the hike?
Difficult or demanding
The three year old was a toddling tornado.
What example of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
What is a flashback?
When a character remembers and event that happened in the past and it becomes part of the plot.
Pizza was invented in Naples, Italy in the 1700's. Pizza is dough that is topped with marinara sauce, cheese and assorted toppings. Pizza is baked and best enjoyed hot, out of the oven.
Description
"Star struck, I froze in place; my jaw dropped so low I had to push it back up with my hand when I saw Amelia Earhart."
What is the author's perspective of Amelia Earhart?
She is an amazing person
"The elephants could not bear to watch this young elephants easy life from the sidelines. They wanted trunks too.
a. accept b. believe c. uncovered d. rude
a. accept
What is a simile?
A comparison that uses like or as.
Why do we ALWAYS have to read captions, diagrams, and charts in a text?
They provide information that we may not read in the text.
Chronological Structure
The pronouns he, she, it, them, him, or her indicate what point of view?
Third person point of view.
What does the suffix -ology mean?
"the study of"
What is a hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration
What is central idea supported by?
Relevant details