Text Features
Author's Purpose
Parts of Speech
Things that Mrs. Quigley has been talking about all year!
More things that Mrs. Quigley has been talking about all year!
100
The text feature that is a drawing or a painting somewhere in the story passage.
What is an illustration?
100
A type of writing that is based on facts. It has real events and real people.
What is non-fiction.
100
It names a person, place or thing.
What is a noun?
100
You should find a reason something has happened. Example: You wake up late.
What is cause?
100
When you show how things are alike.
What is compare?
200
The text feature in the back of the book where you can find the definition to a word.
What is the glossary?
200
A type of writing that describes imaginary events and people. It is made up stories.
What is fiction.
200
It states an action or a state of being.
What is verb?
200
You should tell what happened because of something else. Example: You missed the bus.
What is the effect?
200
You should show how things are different.
What is to contrast?
300
The text feature that tells the reader about a photograph. It is usually located below the photograph.
What is a caption.
300
When the author wants to provide enjoyment for the reader. This is the most common types of books written.
Why would an author write to entertain?
300
It is a describing word.
What is an adjective?
300
What you are supposed to be doing on your weekly reading logs. You should restate the important ideas or the events in a shorter way.
What is writing a summary or to summarize?
300
Adjective that describes a person on the inside. Things that usually cannot be changed - you are born this way.
What is character trait and a small part of the Lady Gaga song, "Born This Way"
400
An alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed. It is located at the back of the book.
What is the index.
400
When the author wants to teach the reader about real-world topics and provide facts on those topics.
Why would the author write to inform?
400
A name used for an individual person, place or organization that ALWAYS starts with an uppercase letter. An example would be: Mo never uses a capital letter for proper nouns and it drives Mrs. Quigley crazy!
What is a proper noun?
400
What you should be doing on your biographies you are writing in class. You should put events in order in which they happened.
What is sequence?
400
When reading, you should use the things you already know to put the pieces together. Example: When Mrs. Quigley is not talking, her arms are folded, she has 'that look on her face' and she is just looking at her students for far too long.
What is making an inference or to infer?
500
A list of chapter titles and the pages on which they start. It is located at the front of the book.
What is the Table of Contents.
500
When the author's goal is to convince - or talk you into- doing something. The author wants you to agree with them.
Why would an author write to persuade?
500
Ok, this is not a part of speech, but it is annoying Mrs. Quigley like proper nouns. Mrs. Quigley has been correcting these words on your papers since the beginning of the year. They sound the same but have TOTALLY different meanings.
What is there and their?
500
When you write things like he was "a nice guy", how does the reader know that? You should give a reason and specific examples from the text.
What you should do to support your answer with details?
500
These little things will make your writing super awesome and you won't have to make a million re-writes and Mrs. Quigley will leave you alone and she will be a much happier teacher and more likely to let you have some free-time........
What is adding details to you writing?
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