Parts of Speech
I walked to the store to get some bread.
Nouns
My pillow was as soft as a cloud.
simile
An essay about how a cactus can survive in the desert would be an example of what kind of writing?
Informative
Central Idea
Main Idea
Inference
using background knowledge and text evidence to make an educated guess
The dog was barking at the neighbors.
Verbs
The skyscraper kissed the clouds.
personification
Writing that includes characters, setting, plot, problem and solution would be an example of.......?
A story or narrative
Global Notes
Notes taken while reading an article or book
Plot
events in a story
The log cabin was tiny and dilapidated.
Adjectives
That test was a piece of cake!
idiom
"School Uniforms Should Be Required" is a title for what type of writing?
Persuasive
A group of sentences in a poem are called....
Stanza
opinion
a personal belief
I ran quickly to get the fire extinguisher.
noun, verb, or adverb
adverb
The pink pillow was perfectly placed on the purple porch.
alliteration
You need to cite your sources for what two types of writing?
Informative and Persuasive
First Person Point of View
verb tense
past, present, and future
Example: swim, swam, have swum
I love ice cream, but I like cookies better.
noun, conjunction, or adjective
conjunction
Boom! Whizz! Crackle! The fireworks went off one after the other for an entire hour!
onomatopoeia
What is an example of citing your sources?
According to..., As stated in ...., Source 1 indicated...., etc.
Third Person Point of View
When someone outside of the story is telling the story and uses pronouns like he, she, they, ....
Text Features
photos, captions, graphs, maps, diagrams, etc.