Informational Text
Some kinds of bats eat many insects. Some bats can eat up to 600 mosquitos in one hour. Bats are helpful to the environment. They help us by eating insects. Without bats, we would have too many insects.
What is the central idea?
a. bats are mammals
b. bats eat 600 mosquitos in an hour
c. bats eat many insects
c. bats eat many insects
Where the story takes place is called?
Setting
The author's purpose for writing a nonfiction book about animals.
To inform?
Simile or metaphor?
The drink was as cold as ice.
simile
What is summary?
What the story is about in your own words
The person telling the story is called?
Narrator
What kind of noun means more than one?
plural
It is raining cats and dogs.
What is this an example of?
Idiom
This part of speech is an action.
What is a verb?
Pictures/photographs, diagrams, subheadings, captions, sidebars, and maps are all examples of...
Text features
What is theme?
The list of chapters and what page they're on at the front of the book.
Table of Contents
Simile or metaphor?
The cat's fur was a blanket
Metaphor
What is the difference between a prefix and a suffix?
A prefix is added to the beginning of a word while a suffix is added at the end of a word
How do you know that the text structure of a passage is chronological order?
There are MANY dates or has transition words such as: first, next, then, last
How can you know a text is fictional?
It'll have something that is not real like animals talking or a drawing instead of a photograph
What is called when to words are similar?
ex: cold and chilly
Synonym
What is an hyperbole?
An exaggeration/dramatic
CORRECT THE SENTENCE with the correct capitalization and punctuation
ms. forster announced, The pacific ocean borders california?
Ms. Forster announced, the Pacific Ocean borders California.
How can you find the author's purpose?
What is a plot?
Problem and solution OR rising action, climax, resolution
What is a word that means the opposite of called?
ex: on and off
Antonym
That is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personifcation
Correct the sentence with the correct punctuation.
The movie starts in 5 minutes said Sue so let's hurry and get popcorn fast!
"The movie starts in 5 minutes," said Sue. "So let's hurry and get popcorn fast!"