ELA
What is Figurative Language?
Language that uses expressions the a meaning that is different from the literal meaning.
Name the 3 simple verb tenses.
Past, present and future.
Who was the 1st President of the United States?
George Washington
What is the Main Idea
What the text is mostly about.
Similes and metaphors are both examples of _______!
Figurative Language
______ use "like" and "As" to compare!
Similies
What is the capital of Michigan?
Lansing
What does to summarize mean.
To tell the most important events in the text in order. Tell the major events in the beginning, middle and end of the text.
DAILY DOUBLE #2
What are the 5 parts of a plot?
DAILY DOUBLE #!
What is an Independent Clause.
Give an example of two metaphors.
Answers Vary!
The more of them you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps!
What are the two parts to an exposition?
Setting and Characters
Where do we look for the main idea?
Look at titles, pictures, 1st sentence of 1st paragraph and last 2 sentences of 1st paragraph.
What is a biography that is written by the person it is about called?
Autobiography
In the body of a paragaraph you provide __________ about the Main Idea.
Details/Evidence
What planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
What is an inference?
What the book tells me +What I know = inference
What are character traits?
Character traits are what a character is like -
lazy
Proud
logical
Quiet
lonely
respectful
A poem that is organized on the page to visually represent the content. (Shows a picture)
Concrete Poem
Name 2 text structures for a story.
topical – organized by subject or idea and puts all information about one topic together
Who is the longest serving President of the United States?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), was the 32nd president of the United States. 1933-1945
DAILY DOUBLE #3
What is a complex sentence?
Name 4 parts of speech.