Poetry
Main Idea
Figurative Language
Reading
Strategies
Using Text
100
This is known as a paragraph of poetry
What is a stanza?
100
The author has specific topic or message in the writing. We need to find what that is
What is main idea?
100
This is something that compares 2 unlike objects using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
100
The candle lit the curtains on fire and burned the house down. To know this reading strategy you have to think about how and the why of the story.
What is Cause and Effect?
100
Words and phrases that are highlighted in some way such as extra dark print to tell you the word or phrase is particularly important.
What is bold face print?
200
This type of poem has 3 lines first line = 5 syllables second line = 7 syllables third line = 5 syllables
What is a haiku?
200
When we are writing we need to make sure that each of these has it's own main idea and supporting details
What are paragraphs?
200
This give human attributes to nonhuman things.
What is pesonification?
200
It's always a agood idea to think about what you read, before you read it.
What is predicting?
200
Additional information about a topic found at the bottom of the page where the topic is discussed or at the back of the book.
What are footnotes?
300
This poem has a rhyming pattern
What is rhyme scheme
300
An author has a main idea in the writing to get sometbing acorss to everyone.
What is their point?
300
Sally sold seashells by the seashore is an example of this
What is alliteration?
300
To know this reading strategy you have to think about a clue.
What is context clues?
300
The title of each chapter and the page on which the chapter begins.
What is table of content?
400
This poem is humorous, doesn't make sense, and has 5 lines with a specific pattern
What is limerick?
400
When writing a recipe the main idea is how to make the item. But a recipe need to follow some sort of order.
What is logical order?
400
The animals at night. The bees were buzzing through the air. The crickets were chirping their love songs. The coyotes were howling at the moon. The insects were crunching on the leaves of the tree. The poems above shows this type of figurative language
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Mr. Rhodes was running late this morning. He had a meeting so he couln't get the classroom rady on time. His facial expression didn't look happy. I think he might be frustrated. I can figure out how he is feeling by thinking about what I know and what happened to Mr. Rhodes.
What is making an inference?
400
A graphic representation of events in chronological order along a line or bar.
What is time line?
500
This is the repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words
What is consonance?
500
I am so excited for the holicay break! We have already put our Christmas tree up and have started to decorate the house. We are taking our son to see Santa this weekend! My husband and I are enjoying buying lots of toys for the kids! This story has a main idea, you need to find it.
What is we are excited for Christmas!
500
The bear must have weighed 400 pounds. His legs were at least 100 pounds a piece! He approached us slowly. His steps were thunger! This is an example of
What is a metaphor?
500
When I am reading, I can identify the structure of the story or the sequence in which the author arranges the events.
What is the plot?
500
These are used to help the reader know what a section will be about.
What are headings?
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