What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
What is a claim statement?
a statement that tells what a writing will be about
What is the opening paragraph to your writing called?
The closing, the introduction, or the body?
Introduction
What is the theme of a story?
the lesson or moral of a story
The problem of the story
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
What are the parts of an information essay?
Introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion
She is busy as a bee.
What is the pronoun in the sentence?
She
What is text evidence?
Evidence you can pull directly from the passage to back up your answer.
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = a made up story
Nonfiction = text based on factual information
How are an informational and narrative essay different?
Information is teaching on a subject.
Narrative is writing a story.
Name a common and proper noun.
An example:
store/Walmart
Which word in the sentence is the pronoun:
"Mrs. Smith was so excited to teach her students this school year."
her
What a nonfiction text is mostly about?
Facts or real events
What is a verb?
What are the verbs in this sentence:
She watched him play at the park.
watched and play
Name 3 adjectives
description words
How should you answer a short response question?
You need to restate the question, write your answer, cite evidence, and explain.
What is at the top? The climax or the resolution?
Climax
How many nouns are in this sentence:
Boyer and Shayna drove past the store and quickly parked by Chipotle.
4
What are the TWO parts that every sentence must have in order to be a complete sentence?
Subject and Predicate
Trying to convince someone of something