What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this point of view.
1st Person
What is a claim or a thesis statement?
It's the answer to the question and it tells the reader what the essay will be about.
What is the opening paragraph to your TDA called?
Introduction
What is the theme of a story?
the lesson or moral of a story
The problem of the story is called the.....
conflict
The central message or lesson of the story is called the...
Theme
What does TAG stand for in writing?
Title, Author, Genre
She is busy as a bee.
What is the pronoun in the sentence?
She
What is text evidence?
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same and different
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this point of view...
3rd Person
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = a made up story
Nonfiction = text based on factual information
How many sentences are in a paragraph?
What are the two kinds of conflict?
Internal and External
Which word in the sentence is the pronoun:
"Mrs. Salonga was so excited to teach her students this new math."
her
What is a nonfiction text mostly aobut?
Facts or real events
What are the 2 types of verbs?
An action verb tells what the subject is doing (reading, singing, ran, ate.....)
Or
A Linking verb connects the subject to a noun or adjective (am, is, are, was, were....)
What are the verbs in this sentence:
She watched him play at the park.
watched and play
What are the 3 types of paragraphs that make up a TDA
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
What does TDA stand for?
Text Dependent Analysis
What part of the story is at the top of the plot map?
Climax
How many nouns are in this sentence:
John and Shayna drove past the store and quickly parked by Chipotle.
4
What are the TWO parts that every sentence must have in order to be a complete sentence?
Subject and Verb / Predicate
What is a proper noun?
Names a specific person / place / thing and it gets capitalized