Reading Random
What are the 5 elements of a story?
Setting, characters, plot, conflict, and resolution
This is when two words sound the same but are spelled differently.
homophone
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 does support mean?
Back up with evidence
(YOU GOT TO BACK IT UP)
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, explain, or describe)
When taking the Reading STAAR, you must prove your answers, highlight your questions and number your paragraphs. True or false.
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 and America needs 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.
Marks bike was tooken from his back yard.
Mark's bike was taken from his backyard.
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.
What does C in RACE stand for?
Cite your text evidence.
How do you "cite your evidence"? Give an example.
Pull evidence from the story. In the story, it says "__________"
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 do we call the specific group of people an author is writing to?
Audience
The boy were walking along carnation street when he seen the cars crash?
What 5 corrections needs to be made?
The boy WAS walking along Carnation Street when he SAW the cars crash.