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Reading
Writing
Language Arts
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100
What is the setting of a story?
Place and time the story takes place
100
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
100
This part of an essay tells what the topic will be.
The topic sentence in the introduction paragraph
100
To use strong exaggeration
hyperbole
100
Give one example of a character trait to describe a character in a story
kind, shy, funny, brave, bold, happy, sad, angry
200
This is type of text structure that tells how things are the same or different
What is Compare and Contrast?
200
The reason why an author writes the passage.
What is Author's Purpose?
200
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = not real/made up, can be funny.
Nonfiction = topic, factual, provides information, not funny.
200
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
personification
200
Pairing text clues with what you know (schema) to make an educated guess
Making an inference/inferencing
300
The problem of the story
conflict
300
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
300
Clues within, before, or after the sentence that explains the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
What is Context Clues?
300
She is busy as a bee.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
300
To give a short explanation that only includes the most important parts.
Summarize
400
Which word in the sentence is the pronoun:
"Mrs. Salonga was so excited to teach her students this new math"
her
400
What the passage is mainly about?
Central or Main idea
400
What is a synonym for tired?
sleepy, exhausted, etc.
400
What is the subject pronoun in this sentence:
She watched him play at the park.
She
400
What figurative language is "beating around the bush" -
My friend was beating around the bush when she was retelling me the story.
Idiom
500
What does RACE stand for?
Restate the question
Answer the question
Cite your evidence
Explain your reasoning
500
List all the elements in a plot diagram:
Setting
Rising action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
500
This is the last part of your ECR or essay that wraps it up. It is best to end this with an impact statement.
What is a conclusion?
500
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
She is a tornado when she gets angry!
Metaphor
500
When you highlight, underline or write symbols on a text/passage that you are reading.
annotating