Reading
What is theme?
The moral or the lesson of the story.
What are these: " "
Quotation marks
What part of speech is the Italic word?
She quickly ran up the stairs.
Adverb
What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem
(a paragraph of a poem)
What text structure is being used in this paragraph?
While Italian innovator Antonio Meucci is credited with inventing the first basic phone in 1849, and Frenchman Charles Bourseul devised a phone in 1854, Alexander Graham Bell won the first U.S. patent for the device in 1876.
Sequence of Events or Chronology
What does conclusion mean?
the ending of a story
Is "I think green beans taste terrible" an example of a fact or an opinion?
Opinion
What part of speech is the Italic word?
The pepperoni pizza was my favorite.
This is an example of what poetic device?
The cat sat on the mat
What text structure is used in this paragraph?
The Dust Bowl was caused by a combination of natural and human factors. Drought, and high temperatures, created extremely dry conditions. Poor farming practices left the soil vulnerable to wind erosion. This exposed the soil to strong winds, which then picked up and transported the dry topsoil, creating massive dust storms.
Cause and Effect
What does setting mean?
where and when the story takes place
What is a context clue?
Hints or clues found within a passage that can help the reader to understand the meaning(s) of new words.
What part of speech is the Italic word?
She wrote a story about her family.
verb
What is this an example of?
I was as happy as a clam
Simile
What text structure is being used?
Cats and dogs are both popular pets. However they have can have very different behaviors, characteristics, and needs. Cats are typically more independent and solitary, while dogs are social and require more attention and exercise.
Compare and contrast
What does Main Idea mean?
What is a verb?
an action word
Are the words listed synonyms or antonyms?
dark and light
antonyms
What poetic device is this an example of?
Wally walrus watches whales in the water.
Alliteration
What text structure is being used?
In 1938, baker Ruth Graves didn't have any cocoa powder to make her famous chocolate cookies, so she chopped up a chocolate bar and put the chunks into her receipe.
Problem and solution
What is a inference?
A guess using evidence from the text and your background knowledge or schema.
Fix this sentence
julie asked are we going to the zoo the store or the mall
Julie asked, "Are we going to the zoo, the store, or the mall?"
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence
(There,They're Their) going to the store.
They're
What poetic device is this an example of?
The classroom was a zoo
Metaphor
What text structure is being used?
The Monarch butterflies are the kind of the butterflies. They are orange and black. They are poisionous to some animals. Monarchs eat milkweed and nectar from flowers.
Description
What do you call an alphabetical list of key names and terms used in a book? (hint it is located in the very back of a book)
An index
What are the 3 main author's purpose?
Persuade, inform, entertain
What part of the sentence is underlined?
The furry brown dog chased after the crazy squirrel.The complete subject
What are the words buzz, boom, splash examples of?
Onomatopoeia
Which text structure describes the reason why something is happening?
Cause and effect
What are words under a picture called?
Captions
What type of figurative language is being used?
The wind danced through the trees.
personification
What part of speech is the word in italics?
The cat ran under the porch.
preposition
What type of figurative language is being used?
It was a million degrees outside yesterday. I almost melted.
hyperbole
What text structure tells how things are alike and different?
Compare and contrast
What point of view is the paragraph written from?
She walked into the store and saw what she wanted. She grabbed the shirt, tried it on, and fell in love. She new it was the perfect piece to complete her outfit for her first day of school.
3rd person
What type of account is it when a story is told by a person who experienced it and it includes the person's thoughts, feelings, emotions and opinions?
First hand account
What point of view is the paragraph written from?
I walked into the store and saw what I wanted. I grabbed the shirt, tried it on, and fell in love. I new it was the perfect piece to complete my outfit for my first day of school.
What type of account is told by a person who did not experience an event. It includes mostly facts about the events. There are no thoughts, feelings, or emotions.
What type of text structure describes things that need to be fixed and then also gives possible ways to fix the issues?
problem and solution