Figurative Language
What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as
Name one type of text structure.
Cause and effect, sequential order, compare and contrast, problem and solution
What is the theme of a story?
The message or lesson
Wha tis the subject of a sentence?
Who or what the sentence is about
How can you tell if a text is meant to persuade?
Gives opinions and tries to convince the reader.
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is called?
Personification
What text structure explains why something happened?
Cause and effect
What is the setting of a story?
When and where the story takes place
A sentence with two independent clauses joined by a conjuction is called?
Compound sentence
If a book makes you laugh, what is the author's purpose?
Entertain
What is a metaphor?
comparison without using like or as
What text structure lists steps in order?
Sequential order
What is the different between fiction and nonfiction?
Fiction is made up; nonfiction is based off real facts.
What is the predicate of a sentence?
tells what the subject is doing
If an author iwants to convience you to recycle, what is their purpose?
Persuade
What does is mean to use context clues?
Using surrounding words to figure out meaning of unknown word
Compare and contrast
Whar is the conflict of a story?
The main problem of the story.
What punctuattion mark ends an exclamatory sentence?
exclamation mark
If an author writes a biography, what is their purpose?
Inform
What is an idiom?
A prase that means something differnt than its literal meaning. (It's raining cats and dogs)
If a paragraph words like because, since, as a result, what structure might it be?
Cause and effect
What is the difference between the main character and supporting characters?
The main character is the central focus and the supporting characters help develop the story.
What are the four types of sentences?
Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, exclamatory
What are the three main author's purpose?
P.I.E. Persaude, Inform and Entertain