This is a comparison using "like" or "as".
simile
What is Theme?
Lesson, moral or message
What is an example of Genre?
Fiction and Nonfiction
When the author is telling the story, what point of view is that?
First person or Third person?
First person
Name a type of Figurative language
What is central idea?
what the story is mostly about
entertain
Name the 3 kinds of Author's Purpose
Name 2 clue words you might see in a sequence text structure
First, next, then, last, finally, before, after
What do you do on a reading test if you do not know the answer?
Acceptable answers:
Read the question again
Read that part of the passage again
Cross out answers you know are wrong
What is a Fact?
a statement that can be proven to be true
Heading, Captions, maps, table of contents, glossary, bullets, italics, timeline, illustration, bold print, diagrams, index,
The people or animals in a story are called?
characters
What is an Opinion
a statement of one's thoughts, feelings or beliefs
What do you use when you are copying a sentence from the text
quotation marks
What are character traits?
Which author's purpose is when the author wants to convince you to believe or do something?
Persuade
What is Cause & Effect?
Readers identify what events cause another event to happen
Restate this sentence:
In “Excerpt from My Dadima Wears a Sari,” how do Rupa’s thoughts about wearing a sari change in the story?
In “Excerpt from My Dadima Wears a Sari,” Rupa’s thoughts about wearing a sari change in the story because
What is something you MUST always do on a RADD Question.
Acceptable answers:
Read the passage all the way through
Read the questions all the way through
Find text evidence
Highlight details
Re-read your answer.
Make sure you have quotation marks
Grammar is correct
Capitalization
Write your RADD Checklist
How can you make a predictions of a story?
What is a Stanza in a peom?
Number of lines
Give an example of Personification
The cat and dog read their book quietly.
Restate this question:
How do the details in paragraphs 8 through 13 support a theme of “Excerpt from My Dadima Wears a Sari”?
The details in paragraphs 8 through 13 support a theme of “Excerpt from My Dadima Wears a Sari” is to...
Write an example of a simile!
Ex) My face turned red like a tomato!
She bounced as high as the sky on her trampoline.