Parts of Speech
What do you call a person, place, or thing?
Noun
What types of titles need to have quotations?
Small works!
What is theme?
The message or lesson the author wants you to take away from the story.
What are the 3 types of Point of View? (PIE)
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
What is a simile?
Comparison using like or as
What is something that describes a noun?
Adjective
What types of titles need to be italicized or underlined?
Large Works!
Background Knowledge (Schema) and Text Evidence
First person point of view is told from the....
Main Character or the Narrator
hint: I, me, mine
Main Character
What is a metaphor?
Comparison without like or as
What is the acronym for examples of conjunctions?
(Conjunctions connect words and phrases)
FANBOYS
What are the four sentence types?
(We have a "mirrors on" for these)
Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory
Where is the setting?
"Sam was running under the hot sun. As he passed by a cactus, he noticed a rattlesnake slithering by on the sand."
The desert
Third person point of view is told from the...
Main Character or the Narrator
hint: They, them, he, she
Narrator
a phrase that does not mean what it actually says
What is the part of speech that describes the location or position of spemthing called?
Preposition
Name the 5 Text Structures
Compare / Contrast, Sequence, Description, Problem and Solution, and Cause and Effect
What is the theme of the passage?
"The three year old peered down from the diving board. Looking over the water, her eyes began to tear up. She took a deep breath, stepped off the board, and "Splash"."
Courage
What is the POV of this story!
"Miss S is a crazy teacher. She is always bouncing around, asking her student to "mirror her". What? That seems crazy!"
Third person, Limited
What does the idiom mean?
"The cat is out of the bag"
The information is out / not a secret
What type of noun do we capitalize?
Proper Nouns
What are the types of sentences regarding subject and predicate?
Simple, Compound, Complex
What is the character feeling?
"Josie was skipping down the hallway. She had just learned about a new video game that came out. She was smiling and giggling as she entered into her living room."
Happy/Excited/Joy
Limited is 1 person
Omniscient is all characters
What does the idiom mean?
"Beat around the bush"
Not say something directly