Figurative Language
Text Structure
Nonfiction
Cause & effect
Miscellaneous
100
Rachel was a busy bee.
What is a Metaphor?
100
Name the text structures we have studied:
What is 5th & 6th = compare and contrast, description, cause & effect, question and answer, problem and solution, Sequence. 4th = no question and answer
100
List at least 4 types of graphic features found in nonfiction.
What is headings, subheadings, graphs, charts, tables, timelines, pictures and captions, glossary terms or words to know, bold, italic print, diagrams, etc?
100
The Why?
What is the cause?
100
the prefix "re" means
What is to do again?
200
The child was as light as a feather.
What is a Simile?
200
Which text structure uses key words like first, next, then, last?
What is Sequence?
200
How is nonfiction different from fiction?
What is nonfiction is true or factual while fiction is made-up stories?
200
The What happened?
What is The Effect?
200
Make a sentence that has a word with the suffix "-ful" in it correctly.
What is (accept reasonable answers)? The wedding was a JOYFUL occasion. The classroom was very COLORFUL.
300
I have a million things to do before Christmas.
What is a Hyperbole?
300
Name the text structure used: A sweet pickle is sweeter than a dill pickle because it is made with sugar. However, both sweet pickles and dill pickles are made with cucumbers, spices, and vinegar.
What is Compare and Contrast?
300
Name types of books that are classified as nonfiction.
What is biographies, autobiographies, informational books?
300
Name a probable effect to this cause: Kay studied hard for her test.....
What is so she made a good grade on it?
300
Name at least 2 strategies for context clues.
What is -synonyms and antonyms, -examples, - definitions, -word parts?
400
The glasses danced on the shelf during the earthquake.
What is Personification?
400
Name the text structure used: At the park, there was a bunch of food out on the picnic tables. There was one whole table of delicious main courses, one table of colorful and healthy sides and salads, and another table of everyone's favorite desserts. Next to the food was a separate table with every refreshing cold drink you could imagine.
What is Description?
400
Which graphic feature would you use to find out when a person died?
What is a timeline?
400
Name a probable cause for this effect: The city built a new park.....
What is because many people asked for it? (or any other reasonable answers)
400
Give an example of a homonym. (multiple meaning words, spelled the same)
What is the price is fair OR go to the fair? suit yourself OR he wore a suit
500
A group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning.
What is an Idiom?
500
Name the text structure used: Goose bumps make me shiver. But the go away as soon as I cover up with a blanket or sweater.
What is Problem & Solution?
500
Biographies usually tell us
What is the story of a person's life? Their childhood, adulthood, hardships they have faced, and major accomplishments.
500
Write and label your own cause and effect sentence.
What is (accept reasonable answers)?
500
What is onomatopoeia and give an example?
What is a type of figurative language where the words make the sound that it says? (Example = buzz, boom, screech)
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