Read me a story
The location and time of a story
Setting
What text structure would I use when teaching someone how to bake a cake?
Cause/Effect
Chronological/Sequential
Problem/Solution
Compare/Contrast
Sequence/Chronological
"He was as quiet as a mouse" is an example of a ___.
A simile
Part of a word added to the beginning of a root word that changes the meaning of the root word.
Prefix
What type of author's purpose is it when an author tries to get you to believe the same way they do about a topic?
Persuade
What the text is mostly about.
Main idea
What are the paragraphs in a poem called?
Stanzas
What is a suffix?
What is an adjective? Provide an example!
A word that describes a noun.
A word that describes a verb.
Adverb
The vocabulary words listed in the back of the book is called?
Glossary
What is a biography?
A book about a person written by someone else.
What is the ending of a story called? Where the problem is solved?
resolution
What is wrong with this sentence?
He sprinted to the store and buy some milk.
The verb tenses don't agree - walked is past tense and buy is present tense.
He walked to the store and bought some milk.
Put these words in alphabetical order:
youngish, youthful, yourself, yielding, yearbook
yearbook, yielding, youngish, yourself, and youthful
This is a short version of the story that includes just the important details.
Summary
What is the first-person point of view?
When the story is told from the perspective of the narrator, using words like "I" or "me"
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To describe how things are alike and how they are different
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word tranquil:
I found a tranquil place to sit and watch the ocean waves gently land on the shore.
calm, peaceful, or serene
What is the part of a essay wraps up everything you talked about in your essay?
conclusion
A conclusion drawn from evidence and reason is called what?
Inference
Why do we use quotation marks " " around words that we use when we are citing evidence directly from a text?
To show that these are not your words but words the author of the text wrote.
What are 2 sentences that are put together with a comma and a conjunction and have a similar theme?
Compound sentences
What is THEME, when asked about a story, or novel?
Theme: The moral or message learned in the story. The message the author is trying to teach you.
Using context clues, what does the word crucial mean in the sentence below?
It is crucial that you go to bed at a good time before testing days to ensure your brain is well rested.
Very important or significant