4th Grade
Reading
Reading
What is theme?
The author's message or lesson of the story!
What can we use to plan our informative or opinion (persuasive) essays?
Painted essay!
What is the difference between theme and main idea?
Theme is the lesson of the story. Main idea is what the story is MOSTLY about.
What are the 5 text structures?
sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, description
Which one is NOT a story element of a narrative story?
A. Character
B. Illustration
C. Setting
D. Plot
What does inferring mean?
To look at details in the text and make a conclusion
What is precise language?
Direct language from the text or related to what your are writing about.
Name a text feature AND explain what information it gives you.
heading, subheading, chart, graph, photograph, illustration, diagram
How can you figure out the main idea?
It tells what the WHOLE passage is about.
What are the people or animals that have dialogue in a story called?
Characters
What is the difference between prose, poetry, and drama?
Poetry- lines & Stanzas
Prose- paragraphs & sentences
Drama- Scripts
What should start your essay? (first sentence)
A hook!
What are the 3 purposes of an author?
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
If the story is written by someone IN the story, what is the point of view?
First person Point of View
What is the setting?
Where and when the story takes place
Give an example of hyperbole.
exaggeration
What does elaboration mean?
It comes after evidence and it is when you explain yourself.
What is Imagery?
Words the author uses to appeal to our five senses and helps create an image/picture in the reader's mind.
What is the difference between a synonym and antonym
A synonym is a word with same or similar meaning and an antonym is word that means the opposite.
What is the conflict?
The problem in a story
What is the difference between who is telling the story in a first person point of view and a third person point of view?
third person is outside the story and first person is inside the story
When quoting from the text, what must go around the quote?
quotation marks
"The moon is like a flashlight" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Simile
Which one is NOT a text feature?
A. Heading
B. Captions
C. Illustration
D. Paragraph
Solution