Poetry
What is a simile?
What is a type of figurative language that compares 2 things using "like" or "as".
What does fiction mean?
Any story that is the product of imagination - untrue story
What is nonfiction?
type of text that teaches something - real information
What is a compound word?
a word that is made up of 2 words
What are the clue words for 1st person point of view? (give 2)
I, me, mine, us, our
What is an idiom?
What is a type of figurative language doesn't mean something literally.
What is a character?
people, animals, or things that are important in a story - they speak
What are text features? Give an example.
What are rhyming words?
words that sound the same - same middle and ending sound
What are context clues?
using words around an unknown word to help with the meaning
What is a metaphor?
A type of figurative language that compares but doesn't use "like" or "as"
What is the setting of a story?
where and when a story takes place
This text structure uses dates or includes words like: first, next, last.
sequence/chronological order
What are synonyms?
words that have similar meanings
What is a theme of a story?
The message or lesson of the story.
What is personification?
It is a type of figurative language that gives an object human qualities.
A judgement based on information from the text and your brain
This text structure shows how 2 things are different and alike.
compare and contrast
what are antonyms?
Words that have different meanings
What is the main idea of a story? What does it need to support it?
What a story is all about - needs details to support it.
What is alliteration?
A type of figurative language that has a repetition of sounds.
What is the conclusion of a story?
the ending of a story - how a story ends
This text structure shows something that happened and then the result of what happened.
cause and effect
What is a suffix?
word part that is added to the end of a word to make a new word
When someone tells how they feel about something they are sharing their.....
opinion