5th Grade
Grammar
Grammar
What is a noun?
Person, place, or thing
When you write a paragraph you should always ____________!
Indent
What is the setting in a story?
2-things-Where and when the story takes place
What is an inference?
an EDUCATED guess
An "excerpt" is
a part or chunk of the text
What is personification?
Giving non-human things human qualities
Period, question mark, and exclamation marks are known as _________ marks.
punctuation
What is the conflict in a story?
the problem
List are 3 types of genres
Fairytale
Drama/Play
Expository/ Nonfiction
Poetry
Realistic Fiction
Fantasy
Fiction
What is a summary?
A short version of the text with just the main ideas.
What is an idiom?
A phrase that means something different then what it says
Why do we use quotation marks?
To show the words that someone has spoken; dialogue
List three author's purposes.
Persuade, inform, entertain
What is the author's message?
What the author want's the reader to learn
What does compare and contrast mean?
Tell how something is alike and different (similarities and differences)
What is the past tense of drive?
drove
How many sentences are in a paragraph?
4-5 sentences
What is the theme of a story?
The overall message or lesson
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence: The alarm clock screamed at me this morning.
Personification
Why do you use context clues?
To determine the meaning of unfamiliar words
What is a verb?
An action word!
Which paragraph do you introduce the characters and setting?
Paragraph 1/ Introduction paragraph
What does text evidence mean?
Showing proof
List 4 types of text features found in an informational text
headings, subheadings, bold print, italics, captions, index, glossary.....
What is the main idea of a text?
What is the difference between a simile and metaphor?
Simile uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things
Metaphor compares two unlike things
to convince someone to believe or do something through reasoning, argument, or appeal to emotions.
Persuade
What are the Plot Elements (think plot mountain)
Introduction
Rising Action
Climax
Resolution
refers to the use of words or expressions that go beyond their literal meaning to get their message across
Figurative language
What is the meaning of abrupt as used in this sentence? The car came to an abrupt stop to avoid hitting the cat.
Sudden, quick