Reading Random
What are the 5 elements of a story?
Setting, characters, plot, conflict, and resolution
How do you choose the best summary?
BME
What is the THEME of a story or text?
A lesson or moral message of the story
Explain key idea
It's what the section or selection is mostly about
How would you combine these sentences?
The baby was still crying. The mom did not pick him up.
The baby was still crying, but the mom did not pick him up.
What does the word contributes mean?
Helps the reader understand
What is it called when there's a really descriptive part in a story that uses the 5 senses?
Imagery
When joining 2 complete sentences you must have a _________ and a _____________.
comma and conjunction (fanboy)
How do you write the words "they have" as a contraction?
They've
What is it called when we give "real life feelings" to something that isn't real?
Personification
What does synonym mean?
Words that are similar in meaning
What is Author's purpose?
The reason why the Author is writing the text.
(to persuade, inform or entertain the reader)
When taking the Reading STAAR, you must have text evidence for the answer you select.
True or Falso
True
Which word is "possessive" or "owning something"
Sarah's or Sarahs
Sarah's
What needs to be changed in this sentence?
abraham went to visit his best friend in America.
Abraham to be capitalized
The text is about the way rabbits survive in their environment.
What genre of reading is this?
Fiction, Nonfiction/Informational Text, Biography
This is nonfiction/informational text.
Rewrite this sentence correctly:
Marks bike was taken from his backyard.
Marks to Mark's
There are 24 hours in a day, seven days in a week and there are 12 months in a year.
This is a fact or opinion?
Fact.
Which sentence shows ....
What kind of question is this?
Inference
What are the FANBOYS?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What are the paragraphs in a poem called?
What is a Stanza?
What does it mean to infer?
Take you what you already know and apply it to the story to make the best guess.
To know and understand something(figure it out) without being told explicitly.
Everyone should choose chocolate ice cream! It is the very best!
This is an example of a fact or opinion ?
Opinion
What are the AAAWWUBBIS words?
Although, After, As, When, While, Until, Because, Before, If, Since
The boy were walking along Carnation Street when he saw the car crash.
What correction needs to be made?
were to was