Genre
This part of the text tells what a section of a text is mostly about.
What is a heading?
What is it called when an author presents a problem and then tells the solution, or the steps taken to solve the problem?
What is problem and solution?
A word to describe a person, place or thing.
What is a common noun?
One job of coaching is______ athletes that they will do well.
What is assuring?
______ texts provide facts, examples, and explanations about a topic.
What are expository texts?
A diagram that shows events in the order they took place?
What is a timeline?
A ______ poem has no regular patterns of rhyme or rhythm, it has no set line length- the lines can be a mix of short and long lines.
What is free verse?
Which word in the sentence are plural nouns?
The band performed concerts in twelve cities.
What are concerts? What are cities?
I watched as the chick was _____ from its' shell.
What is emerging?
A _______ describes a hero's or heroine's quest or set of tasks he or she must accomplish.
What is a folktale?
"The sea will swallow you up!" is an example of....
What is personification?
What is the theme of the poem "A Simple Plan?"
What is changing the world?
Where should the apostrophe be added to show possession?
Marys book is on the shelf.
What is Mary's?
The mayor shared a new _____ to build a library.
What is proposal?
A ______ poem tells a story.
What is a narrative?
Words, phrases, or lines used to emphasize details.
What is repetition?
The way an author organizes information is called?
What is text structure?
What are the three nouns in the sentence?
The delegates knew they had to be careful about the way future presidents would be elected.
What are delegates? What is way? What are presidents?
My classmates like to ______ or discuss their different opinions.
What is debate?
A poem with _______ contains words that end with the same sound.
What is rhyme?
"Reach, lift, and up,
it beats, this bird's heart!"
is an example of what type of poem?
What is free verse?
Words that indicate a problem-and-solution such as consequently, as a result, and so, and therefore are all examples of what type of words?
What are signal words?
What type of noun are these an example of?
Sunset, music, aroma, peach, and fabric.
What are concrete nouns?
Writers may define or restate the meaning of a difficult word by using commas and the clue word "or". At other times, they may define the word in a nearby sentence.
What are context clues?
The ______ of a story is the big idea or message about life the author wants to share.
What is theme?