Vocabulary
When you say something nice about someone, you are doing this.
What is complimenting?
What is blurted?
When you do this, you tell the important events and details of a story in your own words.
What is summarize?
This genre tells about characters and events that resemble people and events in real life. It happens in a setting that is real or seems real. It includes dialogue and descriptive details.
What is realistic fiction?
Written using "I," "My," We," etc.
To give praise or good wishes for something that has happened.
What is congratulate?
Failing to understand one another.
What is a misunderstanding?
The author's message.
What is theme?
This genre gives facts about real people and events. It tells about events in the sequence that they happened and may include both primary and secondary sources.
The prefix meaning "time."
What is "chrono"?
When you research this, you learn about your family customs, beliefs, and traditions.
What is cultural?
What is dialogue?
Using examples from the text to back up your claim.
What is text evidence?
This genre gives facts, examples, and explanations about a topic. It may include text features such as headings, charts, diagrams, or time lines that organize information.
What is expository text?
Written using "He," "She," "It," "They," etc.
What is third person?
A person who is this will find fault or have an opinion that something is wrong.
What is critical?
Phrases that cannot be understood from the words alone. An example: Culture shock = surprise or confusion a person feels when adapting to a new country or a new culture.
What is an idiom?
Clues that may be in a sentence to help you understand an unknown word.
What are context clues?
This genre describes a hero or heroine's quest or set of tasks he or she must accomplish. It includes the repetition of actions or words and often includes foreshadowing and imagery.
What is a folktale?
Prefix meaning "not."
What is "in" or "dis"?
Disagreed with.
What is contradicted?
A verb that expresses action. Example: takes, eat, run, walk, work, put, and talk.
What is an action verb?
These are words that sound the same but are spelled differently.
What are homophones?
This genre tells the true story of someone else's life. It may be about someone who lived in the past or is living today, written in the third-person. It may include text features such as illustrations.
What is a biography?
Written directly for someone using words like "You"
What is second person?