Comprehension
The lesson, or moral, that a character or reader learns from a story.
Theme
Evidence!
The little boy's diaper sagged to the ground. What belongs to the boy?
diaper
synonym
A simile uses _____ or "as" to compare two unlike things.
like
Make an inference: Bella was walking her doggy. He squatted down, and she suddenly smelled an awful odor wafting up from the grass. Flies started flying around a big mound of brown. What did the dog do?
He went poopy.
Which type of writing tries to convince people to do or think something?
persuasive
Find the mistake:
I am going to Canada or mexico this July during summer break.
Mexico
A word that means the opposite of
antonym
Looking for a hair on my head is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
What does the idiom "needle in a haystack" mean?
hard to find
Compare means to talk about how things are similar. Contrast means to talk about how they're different.
An introduction comes at the ___________ of a TDA. A conclusion comes at the ___________.
beginning
end
Find the adjective:
She quickly ran across the busy street.
You can use these when you come to a word in a text that you don't understand.
context clues
The sun smiled down upon us on the beautiful summer day.
This is an example of...
personification
To retell or recount a story, telling only the most important parts.
summarize
indentation
Find the adverb:
Sage burped so loudly that it shattered my eardrums and woke up my baby sister from her nap.
loudly
What does obsolete mean?
To compare two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as."
For example: She is a lightning bolt when streaking across the soccer field.
What is that called?
metaphor
She came home weary from another exhausting day in the ER. She took off her scrubs and flopped on the couch.
The woman is probably a....
What does RACES stand for?
Restate, Analyze, Cite, Explain, Summarize
An apostrophe...
takes the place of letters in a contraction or shows ownership for possessive nouns
The spelunker was in complete darkness. He flipped on the headlight on his helmet and looked around. There were stalactites and stalagmites everywhere, and bats were hanging from above.
What does "spelunker" mean?
a person who explores caves