Main
Idea
Idea
What is the central idea of a text?
What the text is mostly about
What does Foe mean?
She turned her biggest foe into her best friend
enemy
What does the Greek root aqua mean?
a. water
b. air
A. water
How many days are in a week?
7
"Who put a bee in her bonnet?"
Idiom
-uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
- is told by someone who is not part of the story1st or 3rd person point of view
Third-person point of view
What does resemble mean?
My sister's eyes resemble our mother's eyes
look like
The prefix bi- in bicycle means that a bicycle has ___ wheels.
Two or 2
Some of you are a decade old.
How long is a decade?
10 years
All that glitters is not gold
Proverb
What is wrong with this sentence?
the boy ran toward the building when he heard the noise.
the 't' in the needs to be capitalized
What does strategy mean?
Our class has a strategy for raising money for our class party
Plan
What does the prefix 'un' mean?
not
How many days are in a leap year?
366
Actions speak louder than words
Adage
What is the theme of this paragraph?
Sadie was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done even though she knew she'd be punished.
The theme is: Honesty
Emily is selective about what she eats. What does selective mean?
choosy; picky
The text structure what put events in order is know as ___________.
a. compare and contrast
b. sequence or chronological
c. problem and solution
b. sequence or chronological
What does the word " gingerly" mean?
cautiously; timidly
Her eyes sparkled like glitter
Simile
What is fiction text also called?
literature text
Use your imagination to think of new and creative ways to solve a problem
Mental thoughts
The test was a piece of cake. What does the idiom "piece of cake " mean?
It was easy.
What does the simile " She's an angel" mean?
She was really nice; sweet; kind or well behaved
This test is going to be the easiest thing ever
Hyperbole