Reading 5th Grade
The location and time of a story
What is the setting?
This part of an essay tells what the topic will be.
What is the introduction?
The part of a story where it reaches a peak.
The climax or conflict
I love going to baseball games they are so much fun.
The incorrect sentence above is an example of this type of sentence.
What is a run-on sentence?
What is the difference between there, they're and their?
location, they are, possession
What are three elements of a Haiku.
Does not rhyme, 5-7-5 syllable, 3 lines, about nature
This is a short version of the story that includes just the important details.
What is the summary or outline?
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is personification?
This is the action part of the sentence.
What is the predicate/ verb?
She said she wanted to go shopping. Change this to direct speech.
She said, "I want to go shopping.ยจ
What do you call a part of the book with titles and pages of where to find them?
What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
Proper noun is capitalized; proper noun is a specific name of a person place or thing
Her eyes are like diamonds in the sky.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
simile
What is an adverb, give one example.
Describes a verb, i.e. quickly
When text is written with an outside view using the pronouns he, she, it, they, him, her, or them.
What is 3rd person point of view?
What the story is mainly about?
Theme or Main idea
When the story is told from the perspective of the narrator, using words like "I" or "me"
What is first person?
To describe how things are alike and how they are different
What is compare and contrast?
What is a possessive pronoun? Give an example.
Shows possession, her book.
She dance everyday after school. (Find the error)
She dances*
the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
What is a plot?
This is the last part of a paper that wraps it up. It is best to end this with an impact statement.
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
She is a tornado when she gets angry!
Metaphor
When words sounds alike but have different meanings/spellings.
Homophone
Stories that explain natural events or religious beliefs and usually involve beings such as god and goddess.
What are myths?