What is a text feature?
A text feature is added to a text to make it more clear or more interesting.
What does this simile mean?
During the big race, I was as fast as lightening!
It means that I was very fast.
What are key details and main idea?
Key details are the important parts of a story. The main idea is the one big point of the story.
Which kind of verb can you show me in a game?
Action Verbs
What is the difference between expository text and fantasy fiction?
Expository text is true facts and information about a topic while fantasy fiction is a made up story with characters who could not exist in real life.
What is that called?
Title or Heading
Break this word up into its three parts:
unrepeatable
un
repeat
able
Why should you "reread" a story?
You reread to pick up more details that you might have missed the first time that you read the story.
Which kind of verb connects the two parts of the sentence together like a paper chain?
linking verbs
Why is expository text an important form of writing?
We learn many interesting and important things about the world through expository text.
What is that called?
Caption
What is a context clue and how can it help you while reading?
You look for context clues in the words and sentences around a word that you do not know. It helps you to understand words that you otherwise would not.
What is "problem and solution"? Give me an example of a story that we have read that shows "problem and solution."
A character has a problem they must solve. They create a solution to solve the problem.
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Which kind of verb assists the main verb?
helping verbs
What is the purpose of poetry?
It expresses how someone feels.
What is that called?
Diagram
Give me an example of a metaphor.
I am a stuffed pig.
He is a lion!
What is theme and why is it important?
Theme is the big lesson of the story, the main idea. It's important because it guides the story.
What are the three verb tenses and give me an example of each one.
Past (walked), Present (walks), and future (will walk)
Name four elements or types of poetry.
rhyme, rhythm, lines, stanzas, free verse, rhyming, narrative...etc.
Name 5 text features that we use in expository text.
maps, photographs, headings, subheadings, captions, charts, diagrams...etc.
Explain why it's helpful to use figurative language like idioms, metaphors, and similes in our writing.
It helps to compare things and create mental images for things we might have a hard time describing otherwise.
Tell me about "point of view." Give me an example of a character's point of view.
Point of view is the opinion/perspective of a character in a story.
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We talked about subject verb agreement in our last class. What does that mean and why is it important?
The subject and the verb have to agree in number (singular or plural). For example,
"The dog barks." not "The dog bark." or "The dogs barks."
What is a myth? Can you give me an example of one?
It's a made up story of how something came to be, like "How the Elephant Got its Long Trunk."