What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
How the author thinks or feels about the topic
Author's perspective
What are the Six common text structures.
The six common text structures used in nonfiction writing are: Description, Sequence/Chronology, Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, and Question and Answer
What does the Figuartive Language term "Onomatopoeia" mean?
Onomatopoeia is the term for descriptive words that sound like the words they're describing.
The problem of the story
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
What the author is trying to convince you about a topic
Author's claim
She is busy as a bee.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
What is a narrative?
a fiction or nonfiction text written like a story
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = a made up story
Nonfiction = text based on factual information
"You are my sunshine" is an example of which figurative language?
A metaphor
What does chronological order mean?
order of events from first to last
What do you need to make a good inference?
Prior Knowledge and Textual evidence
What is a text mostly about?
Central Idea
What is an action word?
Verb
Name all Six Figurative Languages
Hyperbole, Alliteration, Personification, Metaphor, Simile, Onomatopoeia
What is a noun?
person, place, thing, or idea
Define cause and effect AND give key words
Test structure that tells what happens and why, key words: as a result, because, It/then, etc.
Put the following plot elements in order: climax, falling action, rising action, resolution, exposition.
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
How many nouns are in this sentence:
Boyer and Shayna drove past the store and quickly parked by Chipotle.
4
What punctuation marks do you use to cite direct evidence from the text?
Quotation marks
What are Context Clues?
Words that are in the story that help you define the unfamiliar or unknown words by examining the surrounding words, sentences, or paragraphs