Non fiction
What is the main idea?
What the story is mostly about
The who/what and the main thing about the who/what
Where and when a story takes place is called what?
What is setting?
What is it called when words sound the same at the end?
What is rhyme?
What are types of author's purpose?
PIE- Persudae, Inform, Entertain
What strategy helps you figure out unknown words using clues in the text?
IDEAS, What is context clues?
The kitten was timid, hiding behind the couch instead of coming out to play.
What does timid mean?
What is shy or easily scared?
Text features like headings, captions, and bold words help the reader do what?
What is understand the text better?
What are story elements?
Setting, characters, problem, solution, key events of a story
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.
Stanza
Is this a fact or opinion: “Dogs are the best pets.”
What is an opinion?
What does it mean to infer?
What is using clues + what you know to figure something out?
The instructions were simple, clear, and easy to follow without any confusion.
What does simple mean?
What is easy or not complicated?
If a paragraph tells you how something happens step by step, what structure is it?
What is sequence?
Who are the people or animals in a story?
What are characters?
These phrases are examples of what?
The witch zapped her wand and then poof she turned into a frog.
Onomatopoeia- is a word that names a sound, but also sounds like that sound. For example: boom
(They state their ____)
Claim
What is the author’s purpose if they want to teach you something?
What is the author’s purpose if they want to teach you something?
The crowd began to murmur, quietly whispering to one another during the performance.
What does murmur mean?
What is to speak quietly or whisper?
When you see two passages and have to compare and contrast them, what is it called?
Paired passage.
A Theme
When a poem creates a picture in your mind, what is that called?
What is imagery?
Why is it important to include facts in an argument?
What is to support/prove the claim?
What is the difference between fact and opinion?
What is fact = true/provable, opinion = belief?
The trail was steep, and we had to climb almost straight up the rocky hill.
What does steep mean?
What is very slanted or sharply uphill?
What is one way an author supports their main idea in nonfiction?
What are facts/details/examples?
What is the problem in a story called?
What is the conflict?
When something is described using “like” or “as,” what is that called?
What is a simile?
What is the author’s purpose in an argumentative text?
What is to persuade?
What do you call it when you go back into the text to find proof for your answer?
What is text evidence?
After forgetting his homework again, Liam felt ashamed and avoided looking at his teacher.
What does ashamed mean?
What is feeling embarrassed or guilty?