Combining Sentences
Combine these sentences: "The dog barked. The cat ran away."
Answer: The dog barked, and the cat ran away.
In a drama, the actions the characters are doing is called what?
Stage Directions
what the story is mainly about
central idea
In a paired passage, if it ask you to look at what is similar in both stories. What are you looking for?
What is the same in both stories
What change should be made in this sentence? "She readed three books yesterday."
Change readed to read
Combine these sentences: "It was cold. We stayed inside."
It was cold, so we stayed inside.
Dialogue
This text feature tells you what the paragraph is going to be about.
Heading
When two words are different but the mean the same what is that called? Like angry and mad.
Synonyms
What change needs to be made to this sentence? "The class wanted to go to recess, and it was raining outside."
Change and to but
Combine these sentences: "She studied hard. She passed the test."
She studied hard, so she passed the test.
The person who wrote the play
playwright
When a picture is drawn it is called an -
illustration
What is it called when words in a sentence help you figure out the meaning of an unknown word?
Context Clues
What change should be made to this sentence? "My sisters bike is broken."
Change sisters to sister's
Combine these sentences: "Do you want a cupcake? Do you want a cookie?"
Do you want a cupcake, or do you want a cookie?
The time and place of the story.
Setting
to show emphasizes, or because those words are important
If a story uses words such as "I", "me", "my", what point of view is the story being told from?
First Person
What change needs to be made to this sentence? "It was raining outside so I needed an umbrella."
Answer: Add a comma before "so"
Combine these sentences: "I like cats. My sister likes dogs."
Combine these sentences: "I like cats. My sister likes dogs."
Another word for problem and solution
Conflict and resolution
why do authors write informational texts
to inform you
The person telling the story is the -
narrator
What change needs to be made in the sentence"Ms. Cavazos went to the store and bought Takis Hot Cheetos, Doritos and cookies."
Add a comma after takis or before hot cheetos.