The student will analyze and evaluate information from this which can be in the form of pictures,graphs, etc.
What is text features
100
name the three different purposes an author might write.
What is Persuade, inform, entertain
100
This happens when a person telling a story remembers something from the past, then returns to the present and continues telling what is happening now.
What is a flashback
200
What is a Venn Diagram
What is a graphic organizer for compare/ contrast?
200
a figure of speech in which the author uses an overexaggeration
What is hyperbole?
200
A type of text feature that further divides and organizes the passage.
What is a subheading?
200
give some synonyms for inform
What is tell, explain, show etc.
200
Fill in the blank: The setting establishes the time, place, and ____________ of a story.
What is Atmosphere
300
Students will come across these types of signal words in a passage indicating a comparison.
What is like?
Other signal words include:
same
as
both
compare
300
the point of summarizing
What is finding the main idea
300
What type of text feature draws attention to key words?
What is bold text or italics?
300
how does an author show their bias in stories?
What is word choice, leaving things out, the details they choose to tell you about.
300
The tall-tale "Pecos Bill" is full of examples of this type of figurative language including "it was so dry his horses and cows were starting to dry up and blow away."
What is a hyperbole
400
Finding similarities in a text or between texts
What is comparing
400
the part of the story where the characters, setting and other important information is introduced.
What is exposition
400
The students uses these techniques to draw conclusions.
What is synthesize information, analyze and evaluate information, and determine the validity and reliablility of information.
400
"This" happens because of "That"
What is cause and effect.
400
Name the three things established during the exposition, or first stage of the plot?
What are characters, setting, and tone?
500
Two things in an article the FCAT might compare.
What is What is point of view, setting, plot, tone, character, theme, organizational pattern, author's purpose.
500
the definition of theme?
What is the important lesson or message the author wants to convey about the story
500
A sentence that explains a photo.
What is captions?
500
In this reading category students will analyze a variety of compare/contrast, cause/effects, chronological order, argument/support, definition/explanation, etc.
What is texts structures?
500
The dictionary definition of any word as opposed to the implied meaning of the word