Literary Texts
What is the theme of a story?
What the author is trying to teach the reader. Ex. being kind, not giving up, friendship
The _____________ is what the passage or paragraph is mostly about.
Main Idea
A writing that tells your opinion must include _______ to support your opinion
Reasons
What do we call the examples we pull from the text to support our answer?
(Citing) Text Evidence
Give 2 examples of character traits
Answers will vary. Ex kind, energetic, lazy
What is the plot of the story?
Plot = What happens in the story
➡️ Beginning (Who? Where?)
➡️ Middle (What’s the problem?)
➡️ End (How is the problem solved?)
These are small titles that break up an informational text and tell what each section is about.
Headings
What word means a short sentence at the end of your writing that wraps it up?
Conclusion
What do we do for the R in Racer?
Restate the question
What is a glossary?
Gives the definitions of important words
A group of line in a poem is called a ___________.
Stanza
When we are looking at two passages on the same topic - then we look at what is alike and what is different we are ____________ and ___________.
comparing and contrasting
What are transition words?
Words that make our ideas flow together - Also, another, Lastly, etc.
What do we do at the end of a Racer answer?
Restate your answer/question ... wrap it up
A word that means to retell the key points in your own words.
Summarize
What does character perspective mean?
How the character views something or their point of view.
The words "first," "next," and "finally" help you understand the ___ of a text.
sequence
What do you call a the type of writing that is either a store about yourself or fictional characters that includes characters, a setting, and a sequence of events?
Narrative
What phrase might you use when giving an example from the text?
According to the text, In the text it says, The author says, For example...
When a text gives a step-by-step way to do something, the way that is written is called
a. problem/solution
b. sequence
c. cause & effect
B. sequence
A character's reason for doing something is called their ___.
motivation
When you explain how one event causes another in a text, you are identifying a _________ and a _______.
Cause and Effect
The stage of writing where you fix mistakes and make your writing better is called ___.
editing or revising
What does the E in RACER stand for?
Explaining why you picked that evidence
What is the difference between an illustration and a photgraph?
An illustration is drawn and a photograph is from a camera