Parts of Speech
Person, place or thing
What is a noun?
Highlights important words or phrases
What is bold print?
The definition of the word dispute in this sentence:
Brea and Elizabeth are having a dispute over which radio station to play at work.
What is an argument or disagreement?
Where the story takes place
What is the setting?
Tell what might happen next in the story
What is predict?
Words that express action
What is a verb?
An organized list at the beginning of the book that shows what is in the book
What is the table of contents?
The definition of the word saturated in this sentence:
The saturated, dripping dog ran in the house after swimming in the lake.
What is wet?
The big problem of the story
What is conflict?
To briefly restate the main points of a text.
What is summarize?
Words that describe nouns
What is an adjective?
Words underneath or beside an illustration that explain what it is about
What is a caption?
The meaning of resassured in this sentence:
Mrs. Jones was nervous about flying on an airplane. She had never flown before. Her daughter reassured her by telling her that planes are very safe.
Comforted, to make feel better
Moral or lesson of the story
What is the theme?
To draw a conclusion based on evidence in the text.
What is infer?
Words that replace nouns
What is a pronoun?
An alphabetic list of names and topics at the end of a book including page numbers
What is an index?
The definition of the word thrive in this sentence:
Bats that eat fruit and nectar spread seeds and help flowers grow. Without bats many important plants would not thrive.
To do really well, to flourish
Actions that drive the story
What is the plot?
Demonstrate understanding through well-developed written responses.
What is explain?
Word that describes an action
What is an adverb?
Defines words used in the texts
What is a glossary?
The definition of the word pioneered in the sentence below:
The ancient Greeks pioneered many kinds of writing we consider standard today. They wrote speeches , plays, poems, books about science and learning, long histories of things that happened then.
To be one of the first people to do something
Main character of the story
What is the protagonist?
To follow or outline the main points or events in a text.
What is trace?