Text Structures
What is the purpose of Informational Text?
What does the prefix "chron" mean?
Chron means having to do with time.
What is a dependent clause? Give one example.
A dependent clause is an incomplete idea.
Who tells the story in a third person point of view story?
The narrator (not a character in the story)
What is a rhyme?
A rhyme can be two words that have the same sound.
Name two examples of text features and explain how they help the reader understand the text.
Answers will vary.
What does the prefix "geo" mean and give an example of a word that begins with it
"Geo" means Earth, Geology.
What is an independent clause? Give one example.
An independent clause is an complete thought that contains a subject and a predicate.
Who usually tells the story in a first person point of view story?
The main character usually tells the story in a first person point of view story.
What is a "paragraph" in a poem called
A "paragraph" of a poem is called a stanza.
What is a sidebar used for?
A sidebar provides additional information about a topic that may not be completely related to the main idea of the article.
What does the prefix "photo" mean? Provide two examples.
The prefix "photo" means light, photograph, photosynthesis
What is a simple sentence? Give one example.
A simple sentence is a complete thought with a single independent clause.
What kind of point of view is a story that uses the pronouns: I, my, and we?
First-person point of view
What is a simile? Give one example.
A simile is comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is Historical Fiction?
Historical Fiction is a genre of literature that is a made up story based on real life people or events in history.
What does the suffix "logy" mean? Provide three examples.
The suffix "logy" means "the study of." zoology, biology, astrology.
What is a compound sentence? Give one example.
A compound sentence is to independent clauses connected by a conjunction.
What kind of point of view is a story that uses the pronouns he, she, they?
Third-person point of view
What is a metaphor? Give one example.
A metaphor is comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
Name two types of text structures (ways information can be organized in Informational Text).
chronological, cause and effect, compare and contrast, problem and solution
What does the suffix "-able/ible" mean?
The suffix "able/ible" means "to be able to"
What is a complex sentence? Give one example.
A complex sentence is a dependent clause connected to an independent clause.
What is the name of a third-person narrator that sees everything and knows what all the characters are doing and thinking?
Third person (omnipresent)
When trying to find the main idea or theme of a poem, give two features a reader can look for?
Repetition, Figurative Language