Reading Skills
The author wants readers to enjoy a story. What is the author’s purpose?
to entertain
What does the root word bio mean?
life
What two things does every complete sentence need?
A capital letter and punctuation.
What should every paragraph start with?
A topic sentence.
What point of view uses the words I, me, and my?
First Person
What does the central idea tell us about a passage?
What the text is mostly abouy
What do context clues help a reader do?
Figure out the meaning of unknown words
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What should every paragraph end with and why?
A concluding sentence to sum all the ideas up.
What are the three types of author's purpose?
Persuade, inform, and entertain
What is the setting of a story?
Where and when a story takes place.
What does the word autobiography mean?
The story of someone’s own life
What punctuation does a interrogative question end with?
A question mark
What do you include to support your answer from the text?
Evidence from the text.
What type of details are included in a central idea?
Relevant details.
The author writes to tell about how volcanoes form. What is the author’s purpose
To inform
What does the prefix ex- and e- mean? (There are 3 meanings)
Out of, from or away
What are the conjunctions used to join complete thoughts into a compound sentence?
And, but, or, so
What should you do to restate the question in your response?
Use part of the question (POQ) in your answer sentence.
What text structure tells what happened and why it happened?
What transition words are used in a cause and effect text structure?
because, so, in order to, as a result
The root aud means "hear". What does audience mean?
A group of people who listen.
Combine these two sentences. It was raining this morning. I had to wear my rain boots.
It was raining this morning, so I had to wear my rain boots.
What writing strategy helps writers create a strong paragraph? Tell me the acronym and what each letter stands for.
RACES
Restate, answer, cite, explain, sum
Dialogue