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Some kinds of bats eat many insects. Some bats can eat up to 600 mosquitos in one hour. Bats are helpful to the environment. They help us by eating insects. Without bats, we would have too many insects.
What is the main idea?
a. bats are mammals
b. bats eat 600 mosquitos in an hour
c. bats eat many insects
c. bats eat many insects
Where the story takes place is called?
Setting
What is first person, second person, and third person called?
Point of View
What is the first thing you should do when you start your essay?
Unpack the prompt
What is main idea?
The person telling the story is called?
narrator
What is the word that means more than one?
Plural
What are the different part when summarizing a story?
Somebody
Wanted
But
So
Then
What should you use when you don't know what a word means?
The dictionary
What is it called when characters talk in a story?
dialogue
What do you use when you answer a SHORT response question?
RACE
What is it called when you make a smart guess?
Inference
What part of speech is the italics word?
My father worked on the blue car for long time
noun
What do you use to show characters are talking?
quotation marks
What are the three things all stories/narratives need?
setting, characters, and plot
What kind of text is used to teach us something?
Informational
What is called when to words are similar?
ex: cold and chilly
Synonym
What are the pronouns for third person?
He, she, him, her, them, they, their, his, names.
What is something you MUST include in your short reponse, at the end?
Conclusion sentence
In poetry, what are the little paragraphs called?
Stanzas
When the author is telling the story, what point of view is that?
First person
What is it called when someone writes a story about your life?
Biography
What does STIC stand for in our Brian Dump?
Summary, Theme, Inference, Central Idea
What is it called when a story has a sentence with a sound? Example: "SPLASH!"
Onomatopoeia