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Story Elements
Fact or Opinion?
Reading Terms
Vocabulary
Synonyms and Antonyms
100
A person or animal in the story, play , or literary work.
What is a character?
100
Reading is hard.
What is an opinion?
100
Getting information from parts of the story to identify unknown words.
What are context clues?
100
I went to the store because the dress I wanted was on sale. Which definition best matches the sentence? sale |sāl| noun 1. the exchange of a commodity for money; the action of selling something : we withdrew it from sale | the sale has fallen through. • ( sales) a quantity or amount sold : price cuts failed to boost sales. • ( sales) the activity or business of selling products : director of sales and marketing. 2. an event for the rapid disposal of goods at reduced prices for a period, esp. at the end of a season : a clearance sale. • [often with adj. ] a public or charitable event at which goods are sold. • a public auction.
What is definition 2?
100
A word the means the same or has ___________ meaning is called a synonym.
What is similar?
200
Events that occur in the story
What is plot?
200
My mom's garden has red, pink, and white roses.
What is a fact?
200
The SQ3R method
What is a strategy used when reading expository text?
200
The cat dashed out of sight and I was unable to catch it.: Dashed means - jumped - ran quickly - fell - attacked
What is ran quickly?
200
Words that have opposite meanings.
What are antonyms?
300
The castle sat in a moat surrounded by murky water. This sentence depicts the ___________ of the story.
What is setting?
300
Abraham Lincoln was the best president of the United States of America. What word makes this statement an opinion?
What is "best"?
300
A story that is not true or made up.
What is fiction?
300
I had to catch the ball in order for the person to be out. Which definition best matches the sentence? catch |ka ch; ke ch | verb ( past caught |kôt|) [ trans. ] 1. intercept and hold (something that has been thrown, propelled, or 2. capture (a person or animal that tries or would try to escape)
What is definition 1?
300
Synonym for brave.
What is courageous? (answers could vary)
400
This story element can be either internal, external or both
What is conflict?
400
Mesquite Texas is a city in Texas. It's population is over 20,000 people.
What is a fact?
400
The following sentence uses a specific type of figurative language: He was as cool as a fan.
What is a simile?
400
What you do when coming across a word in your text that you don't know. (answers may vary)
Possible answers: What is reread for understanding? What is look up the word in the dictionary? What is use context clues to figure out the definition?
400
Antonym for weak.
What is strong? (answers could vary)
500
Overall emotion created by the work of literature
What is mood?
500
A fact is something that can be ________________
What is proven?
500
Venn Diagrams, T-Charts, Semantic Maps are types of ______________.
What are graphic organizers?
500
What resource do you use to help you define words that you do not know?
What is a dictionary?
500
salt : pepper :: sun :_________
What is moon?