Reading Grab Bag 1
Fiction always includes this description of time and place.
setting
This text feature helps me know which words are important in the text.
charts
bold words
table of contents
bold words
The sea is a shiny emerald beneath the sky.
This is an example of which figurative language?
simile
metaphor
metaphor
You MUST do this in the first and last paragraphs of your ECR.
State the prompt (central idea).
When combining two sentences, you need a _______ and a ________ after the first complete thought.
comma and a conjunction (fanboy)
These are the words that tell what the characters should be doing while on stage. These words are usually in (parenthesis).
stage directions
Lines that are spoken between two or more characters.
dialogue
Which of the following is a simile?
A. The teacher likes it when her class listens.
B. The class was as quiet as a mouse.
B. The class was as quiet as a mouse.
Correct the following sentence:
New Mexico Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana all border Texas.
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana all border Texas.
What is the superlative form of “good”?
best
The part of the plot that is the turning point and most important part of the story.
climax
Tha author's purpose of an advertisement about the best features of an ipad that includes words like you should and best.
What is to persuade?
The car's tires grabbed the wet street and slowed to a stop.
This sentence is an example of which figurative language?
alliteration
personification
personification
Simple or compound? My mom and dad like to go fishing, camping, and swimming.
simple
Edit this sentence:
The monkeys was swinging in the jungle and they finded delicious bananas.
The monkeys were swinging in the jungle, and they found delicious bananas.
Authors sometimes includes this hidden message or lesson in their stories.
theme
The dog dashed down the darkened driveway.
This sentence is an example of which figurative language?
simile alliteration onomatopoeia
metaphor assonance
alliteration
Use _____ __________ to support your central idea in your SCR and ECR.
text evidence
Combine these two sentences:
Mom told me to go to bed. I played video games.
A. Mom told me to go to bed, so I played video games.
B. Mom told me to go to bed, and I played video games.
C. Mom told me to go to bed, but I played video games.
C. Mom told me to go to bed, but I played video games.
"I want to watch t.v. for an hour after dinner," Mia declared.
Mom looked up from her spaghettis and replied, "You have a STAAR test tomorrow. 30 minutes is long enough."
Mia knew her mother was right.
What point of view does the author use in this excerpt?
third person
This is the author's purpose of a newspaper article about the dangers of playing video games all day is _______________.
to inform
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in words. Which of the following sentences is an example of assonance?
The aggravated cat hissed and scratched at the man.
The dog dozed dreamily at sundown.
The aggravated cat hissed and scratched at the man.
Which two sentences are punctuated correctly?
a) "Where did I leave my backpack?" asked Alice.
b) "Where did I leave my backpack," asked Alice.
c) Alice asked "Where did I leave my backpack?"
d) Alice asked, "Where did I leave my backpack?"
a) "Where did I leave my backpack?" asked Alice.
d) Alice asked, "Where did I leave my backpack?"
You MUST do this in the first and last paragraphs of your ECR.
State the prompt (central idea).