ELA 1
What is a setting?
Time and Place
What is an alliteration?
The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words in close proximity, such as "busy bee" or "safe and sound"
What is the genre of a fictional story taking place around a real historical event/setting?
Historical Fiction
What is the purpose of a topic sentence in a paragraph?
It explains what your paragraph will be about so your readers get an idea of what they're about to read.
Where is the subjects and the verb in this sentence?
Billy like to play in the park, but he is not always able to go.
Subject: Billy
Verb: Play
If a text uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
- What POV is it?
What is third-person point of view?
Give an example of a adjective
Any word used to describe a noun
ex: Fluffy, Sad, Cold, Lazy
A common type of 2nd person text is
1. A recipe
2. A novel
3. An autobiography
1. A recipe
What is s strategy you learned to create a summary of a text?
Somebody, wanted, but, so, then!
Who wanted something (somebody, wanted)
What was the problem (but)
How was it solved (so)
How did it end (then)
The voice an author uses to write a story is the
1. Tone
2. Mood
1. Tone
What pronouns are used i9n 1st person point of view
I, me, Mine, we, us
The subject and verb in the following sentence is?
Tony slithered quietly down the hallway.
Subject: Tony
Verb: slithered
The prefix -un changes a words meaning.
Sample words unavailable, undetermined, unused, unstable
what does that prefix mean?
not
What is the last paragraph of an essay called?
a conclusion
When finding the main idea, How many pieces of evidence do you need to support it and know you have the correct main idea?
at least 3
Name 3 types of context clues
Inference, description, example, antonyms, Synonyms
Sentences and proper nouns start with this
A capital letter
I was so hungry I could eat a horse. What type of figurative language is this?
Hyperbole
Analyze the metaphor "The stars are diamonds in the sky". What is the author trying to say?
The stars are shining brightly above us.
When a submarine is just below the surface, sailors can use a periscope. A telescope allows people to see far away into space. What does a periscope allow
the people in a submarine to do?
Breathe While Underwater
See around the surface above them
Travel much faster through water
2. see around the surface above them
What is a theme?
The message in the story
Find the meaning of the word in italics.
Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing.
The word assumed means
What is suspected, thought or guessed?
a word that imitates a sound is a(n)
1. Alliteration
2. Onomatopoeia
3.Verb
2. Onomatopoeia
What is an adverb?
Use one to finish the sentence: She ran
A word that describes a verb
quickly, slowly, awkwardly
Name 4 types of figurative language
Simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, alliteration,