Vocabulary
What does "selection" mean when it says: "Read the selection below."
The text or reading passage is what "selection" means.
How many figurative language or "figures of speech" posters do I have on my bulletin board?
4
How many different author's purposes do we go over in here? Hint: PIE
3
How many text structure posters do I have on my wall?
FIVE-- 5
What does fiction mean?
Fiction is Fake-- someone made it up!
What does compare mean?
Find similarities between two passages or things.
What figurative language is this: He's as thin as a toothpick!
Simile because it uses "like" or "as" to compare.
Why would someone write a nonfiction passage
To inform the audience or to give factual information
When there is a problem in a story......
usually there is a solution
Non-fiction is TRUE or FALSE??
TRUE!
What does contrast mean?
Find the differences between two things.
She is a shining star! (What figurative language is that?)
Metaphor
Why would someone write a fiction text?
To entertain the audience
Which text structure talks about steps like a recipe or uses words like, first, then, last, or finally?
Sequence text structure
What if the text seems like it could be real, but it was made up by the author? What genre is that?
Realistic Fiction
What does the word "perseverance" mean?
Even when something is difficult, you keep working at it and trying.
The tree's branches danced in the wind. What type of figurative language is this?
Personification
When the author writes something to try to convince you of something, what is that called?
Persuade
If something happens and then because of that, something else happens....
Cause and effect
Which genre has lines and stanzas?
Poetry
What does "conclude" mean?
Arrive at a decision or an answer about a question.
My backpack weighs a million pounds.
Hyperbole
Name some genres that entertain.
Stories, Poetry, Drama
Which text structure answer who, what, when, where, why and also describes something or someone.
Description
Which genre has stage directions in it?
Drama