This and That
It's a message or lesson that an author wants to convey. The theme of a story is often implied; not directly stated.
What is theme?
Things that should have capital letters in a sentence.
What are the names of specific people, places, or things?
See chart!
Persuaded someone to do something or join a group.
What is recruited?
A fiction story that takes place in a specific time period.
What is historical fiction?
Example from our reading- Rikki Tikki Tavi
Describe someone's life experiences
What is Chronological / Sequencing organizational patterns?
How you show that you know the Theme of a story.
What is text evidence?
Where transition words are located.
What is the beginning of the paragraph?
The root word in Greek for love.
What is phil? examples:
bibliophile- love of books
philanthropy- love to donation of money to good causes
philosophy- love of wisdom / knowledge
A suspenseful story about a puzzling event.
What is mystery?
Looking for ways they are alike or different.
What is compare and contrast?
When the setting of the story is found
What is the exposition?
When you do not know how to spell a word.
What is use the dictionary?
Synonym for continued.
What is pursued?
The story of a real person's life written by another person.
What is biography?
Text attempts to solve an issue posed in the text.
What is problem/solution?
The theme expressed in a story
What you learn from the story? What is the moral of the story?
What is wrong with this sentence?
If Shelly study ahead of time, she could have talked to her teacher about the question before the test.
What is the wrong verb tense?
See chart
The Prefix "pre-" means.
What is before?
Text that provide facts about a variety of topics.
What is informational text?
Gives a number of details about one thing.
What is description?
Refers to who is telling the story or how much insight the reader has to the characters thoughts and feelings.
What is point of view?
A word that should be capitalized even when in isolation.
What is the word I?
The suffix "-ful" means?
What is full?
Examples:
careful
helpful
painful
A story that uses fictional characters but could happen.
What is realistic fiction?
When people ask someone for help and the person gives the other person information.
What is question and answer?