Reading Random
When taking prove-it notes on a fiction passage what strategy should you use?
CSPER (Characters, Setting , Problem, Events, Resolution)
This is when two words sound the same but are spelled differently.
homophone
What is the THEME of a story or text?
A lesson or moral message of the story
Explain key idea
It's what the section or selection is mostly about
How would you combine these sentences?
The baby was still crying. The mom did not pick him up.
The baby was still crying, but the mom did not pick him up.
Is hot and cold a synonym or antonym?
Antonym
What is the person who wrote the play called?
Playwright
When joining 2 complete sentences you must have a _________ and a _____________.
comma and conjunction (fanboy)
How do you write the words "they have" as a contraction?
They've
What is does the pink represent in the rainbow?
Explanation
What does synonym mean?
Words that are similar in meaning
What is Author's purpose?
The reason why the Author structures the text they do.
When taking the Reading STAAR, you must prove your answers, highlight your questions and number your paragraphs. True or false.
True
Which word is "possessive" or "owning something"
Sarah's or Sarahs
Sarah's
What needs to be changed in this sentence?
abraham went to visit his best friend in america.
Abraham and America needs to be capitalized
The text is about the way rabbits survive in their environment.
What genre of reading is this?
Fiction, Nonfiction/Informational Text, Biography
This is nonfiction/informational text.
Marks bike was tooken from his back yard.
Mark's bike was taken from his backyard.
Who is the person talking in a poem called?
Speaker
What does throughout mean?
It represent a span of time or space
The girl ran away from the disgusting monster. Aghast,she watched trembling as it slowly followed its prey and attacked.
Using context clues, what does aghast mean?
scared or horrified
What are the paragraphs in a poem called?
What is a Stanza?
What does it mean to infer?
Take you what you already know and apply it to the story to make the best guess.
To know and understand something(figure it out) without being told explicitly.
What do you need to have a 5 ECR?
Central idea, Reason, Evidence, Explanation, and Conclusion
Which of the words is the preposition?
Ralph put his backpack behind the table.
Behind is the preposition
The boy were walking along carnation street when he seen the cars crash?
What 5 corrections needs to be made?
The boy WAS walking along Carnation Street when he SAW the cars crash.