Reading Informational
What is the main idea of a text?
The primary point, message, or argument the author wants to convey about a topic.
What is the theme of a story?
The theme is the central message or underlying lesson of the story.
The explorers trudged through the murky swamp and had trouble finding their way. What does "murky" mean? Use context clues!
Dark or Unclear
Name two transitional words you can use in your writing to move from paragraph to paragraph.
Answers may vary.
Personification
How does an author support a main idea?
With facts, examples, or quotes
Which detail best tells you how a character feels?
A. The character frowns
B. The story's title
C. The narrator's name
A. The Character Frowns
What is a synonym and antonym for happy?
S= Glad, Joyful
A= Sad, Mad, Angry
Put the verb WALK in the past perfect tense.
Had Walked
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Comparing two things using like or as and not using like or as.
Identify which evidence supports a claim:
A. A teacher's opinion
B. A chart of results
C. A single sentence with limited facts
B. A chart of results
What do you need to do when you draw an inference about a character?
Use text evidence to support your educated guess.
How can Greek or Latin Roots help you figure out a word's meaning? Give one example.
Roots give meaning parts to a word. Ex. Photo=light, photograph
What is the preposition in the sentence:
About a year ago, I met my best friend.
About
What is an example of an idiom?
Jump on the Bandwagon
Explain how to compare the structure of two texts.
Identify the text's structure, list differences and similarities, and cite text evidence.
What is a good summary strategy?
Somebody-Wanted-Something-But-So-Then-What
5Ws + How
What makes up a poem?
Lines and Stanzas
What is an example of a double negative? Can we use this in writing?
I don't never cheat on a test. Never use double negatives.
"Wow! Math class lasted a year today."
What type of figurative language is being used here?
Hyperbole
Name two types of text structures used in informational texts.
Cause/Effect
Problem/Solution
Comparison
Chronology
Name the chronological sequence of events on plot mountain.
Exposition-Rising Action-Climax-Falling Action-Resolution
What determines the speaker's voice in a poem?
Tone
What is Point of View? Name the three different POVs.
Point of View is the perspective from which the story is being told. 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
Figurative language is language that has deeper meaning than what is actually stated. Literal language is exact.