Capitalization
The first word of every sentence needs this.
What is capitalization?
When you use clues from a story and your own knowledge to guess what is happening.
What is making an inference?
This type of sentence has one independent clause and no dependent clauses.
What is a simple sentence?
The central message or lesson that an author wants you to learn from a story.
What is theme?
A comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The type of noun that always needs to be capitalized.
What are proper nouns?
If a character is sweating and pacing nervously, you can infer that they are feeling this.
What is nervous or anxious?
A clause that can stand alone as a sentence is called this.
What is an independent clause?
The most important point that the author is trying to make in a text.
What is the main idea?
Describing something by giving it human characteristics.
What is personification?
The specific day of the week that must be capitalized.
What is Monday?
Inferences are usually based on what two things?
What are text clues and prior knowledge?
A sentence made of two independent clauses joined by a conjunction like “and” or “but.”
What is a compound sentence?
The theme of a story is often related to this.
What is a universal truth or moral?
A phrase that means something different from its literal meaning, like "raining cats and dogs."
What is an idiom?
The name of a place or person that needs to be capitalized.
What is a proper name?
You can infer that it’s wintertime if the characters are described as wearing these types of clothes.
What are coats, scarves, and gloves?
This is a group of words that cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
This is a strategy to find the main idea: Look at the first and last sentences of the paragraph.
What is summarizing or skimming?
A figure of speech that compares two things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
This needs to be capitalized in titles, except for small words like "and" or "the."
What are important words?
If someone is carrying an umbrella and wearing rain boots, you can infer that this is happening.
What is raining?
A sentence that contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses is called this.
What is a complex sentence?
A common theme in many books where characters learn to work together.
What is teamwork or cooperation?
An extreme exaggeration used to make a point.
What is hyperbole?