Point of View
What pronouns indicate first-person point of view?
Answer: “I,” “me,” “my,” “we,” “our.”
What is main idea?
central point or most important message an author is trying to communicate
What are context clues?
Answer: Hints in the surrounding text that help figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
The two students seemed to _____ quietly in the back of the room, planning a prank on their friend.
Fill in the blank: conspire, conspiracy and conspirator
conspire
I have seas with no water, mountains with no land, and towns with no people. What am I?
a map
In third-person limited point of view, whose thoughts are revealed?
Answer: Only one character’s thoughts.
Name a strategy for finding the main idea.
Answer: Look at topic sentences, Look for repeated words or themes, find the topic and what the topic is about
Provide an example of a definition clue.
(come up with a sentence)
Example: "The meteorologist, a scientist who studies weather patterns, predicted rain."
What does perspire mean?
to sweat
You can hear me but cannot see me. I don’t speak until you do. What am I?
an echo
What is the definition of second-person point of view?
Answer: The narrator speaks directly to the reader using pronouns like “you.”
What does the term "topic" refer to in relation to the main idea?
Answer: What the text is about. (BIG idea of a text)
The student was meticulous in her science project, carefully labeling every diagram and double-checking her data for accuracy.
What does the word meticulous mean based on the context of the sentence?
meaning: showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
The young ___ trained tirelessly, hoping to earn a spot on the varsity basketball team.
Which one? aspirant, aspire, conspirator
aspirant
Which month has 28 days?
all of them
Name an advantage of first-person point of view.
Answer: Creates an immediate connection with the reader.
Where is the main idea often found in a passage?
Answer: Beginning or end
What type of context clue is used in “Unlike his timid brother, David was very adventurous and brave.”?
Answer: Antonym clue.
Driven by his ___1___ to win the championship, he didn’t mind how much he had to ___2___ during every intense practice.
List: conspire, aspire, aspiration, conspiracy, perspiration, perspire, expiration
1 - aspiration
2 - perspire
Which room has no windows or doors?
mushroom
Identify a type of narrative that uses omniscient third person.
Answer: A narrative that can reveal any character's thoughts and feelings.
Give a mistake students commonly make when identifying the main idea.
Answer: Confusing a supporting detail for the main idea.
Explain how context clues improve reading comprehension.
Answer: They help readers understand unfamiliar words and phrases, enhancing overall understanding of the text.
The __1___ tried to ___2___ with others to keep the -__3___ a secret, but eventually the truth was uncovered.
Which word goes where? conspire, conspiracy, conspirator
1 -conspirator
2- conspire
3 - conspiracy
Name three consecutive days that aren’t the days of the week.
Yesterday, today, tomorrow