Reading
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?
To use strong exaggeration, such as "it weighs a ton"
What is hyperbole?
I love going to baseball games they are so much fun because you can watch a sport and eat good food and because there is usually a lot of interesting people to watch.
The incorrect sentence above is an example of this type of sentence.
What is a run-on sentence?
What are the names of the two main characters in the book "A Long Walk to Water"?
Who is Salva and Nya?
A word opposite in meaning to another
What is an antonym?
This is a short version of the story that includes just the important details.
What is the summary?
"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?
Andy and Jim were going to the game but he got lost on the way. "He" is what type of pronoun in this sentence?
What is a vague pronoun?
In "Number the Stars" the characters are living during what historical time period?
What do you call a part of the book with titles and pages of where to find them?
This type of writing can be fiction or non-fiction, but is usually written as a story with characters, setting, a plot, and descriptive details.
What is narrative writing?
"Sandy sells sea shells by the sea shore" is an example of
What is alliteration?
What is they're?
The book "The Westing Game" was what genre of book?
What is a mystery?
This is the main message the author wants to convey in his/her story. This is the moral is the lesson that the writer wants you to learn from the story.
What is a theme?
When the story is told from the perspective of the narrator, using words like "I" or "me"
What is first person?
what is a simile?
A person place or thing.
What is a noun?
What global issue did you learn about from reading the book "A Long Walk to Water"?
What is the water crisis in Africa?
using information on the page (usually in the sentences before of after) to figure out the meaning of a word of phrase.
What is context clues?
This is the last part of a paper that wraps it up. It is best to end this with an impact statement.
A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning. Such as "it's raining cats and dogs"
What is an idiom?
A word that takes place of a noun is called what?
What is a pronoun?
What is Little Red Riding Hood?