4th Grade ELA 1
What are the people in stories referred to as?
characters
How many hours of sleep should you get the night before the test?
What is 8 hours?
This is when 2 words means the same thing
Synonym
What are the three reasons an author writes? (What is their purpose?
What is to entertain, persuade, or inform.
What is Tone?
Is how the author's feel about the topic
What is the name of the person who writes the story?
author
The MOST important thing you should do when taking a test.
Try your best
This figurative language is being used in this sentence “The boy was like a lion because he was so courageous”
Simile
This is a short version of the story that includes just the important details.
Summary
What is mood?
Is how the text makes the reader feel
What text structure explains what happened and why it happened?
Transition words: because, so, in order to, as a result
Cause/effect
What do you do if you don't know the answer to a question?
Skip it and come back to it later or make an educated guess.
What is a claim?
Is a statement the author tries to proves. Usually comes at the beginning of the text.
-Author's opinion
What text structure would I use when teaching someone how to bake a cake.
Sequence/Steps/Chronological
What is figurative language?
Is language that's used in an unexpected way to create a special effect or feeling
What the author is trying to teach you?
Theme or central message
The multiple choice questions on a test are the fastest part and you should rush through it. True or False?
False. Take your time!
What does sensory details include?
Details that help you see, hear, smell, taste and feel
When the story is told from the perspective of the narrator, using words like "I" or "me"
First person
What are the 4 types of figurative language?
-Simile
-Metaphor
-Personification
-Hyperbole
Non-fiction means...
The story is true
You should skip every question you don't know and never go back to it. True or False?
False
What are the 4 literary elements?
Characters, setting, plot and events
A picture with labels is called what in a nonfiction book?
Diagram
What is text structure?
Different ways authors organize information in a passage
Fiction means...
A story is not real
What should you do if you are answering multiple-choice questions?
Process of Elimination
The first step when identifying main idea.
What is look at the title, the headings, repeated words, or the first and last sentence.
Tells what pages you can find certain topics
Index
What are 5 text structures?
Description, sequence, compare/contrast, problem/solution, cause/effect
What the story is mainly about?
Main idea or central idea
How many sentences should you have in a writing prompt for each paragraph?
What is 5 sentences or more.
USE (R)estate, (A)nswer, (Cite) detail #1, (Cite) detail #2, (E)xplain, (S)um up.
-What happens to the characters?
-How do the characters react?
-What do the characters learn?
-How do the characters grow or change?
Helps you understand the order in which things happened
Timeline
How do we use context clues when we don't know a word?
When you come to an unfamiliar word, use text clues or visual clues around the unknown word
Name 3 character traits
What writing format do we use in short responses? Define each one.
(R)estate, (A)nswer, (Cite) detail #1, (Cite) detail #2, (E)xplain, (S)um up
Give 3 examples of theme
-You can overcome challenges
-Be loyal to your friends
-Cooperate to achieve goals
-Friendship
-Love
-Believe in yourself
-Don't trust strangers
To describe how things are alike and how they are different
Compare and contrast
What is making inferences?
Readers use the clues in the text along with their background knowledge (schema) to understand the text deeper
How the author feels about a topic is known as...
author's point of view or perspective
What MUST you do before submitting your test?
What is going back and making sure you answered every question!!!!
What does the theme tell you?
The lesson learned or the author's message
What are the paragraphs in a poem called? and what are the sentences called?
Stanzas and Lines
To explain events in time order or order of importance
Transition words: before, first, next, then, last, after, finally, most importantly
Give an example of both a simile
Javier is as strong as an ox
Name a type of breakfast to eat on the morning of a test day.
healthy breakfast, non sugary
Setting tells what two things?
Time and Place
Name 5 type of text feature
headings/title/subtitles/pictures/graphs/sidebars/captions/ maps/tables/ bold print/Index/glossary
What is problem/solution?
To show a problem and how it is solved
Transition words: problem, solution, in light of, propose, suggest