Fiction
What is usually the author's purpose for writing a fiction story/book?
To Entertain
The pattern of rhyming lines
Rhyme Scheme
Sam smelled something sinister on his Shepard, Sully.
Alliteration
The "characters" in a drama/play are called...
Actors
What is usually the author's purpose when writing a non-fiction book or article?
To Inform
Understanding Key Details Task Card 1
He was grabbing his ankle and crying
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?
True friends are by your side
through it all.
True friends are there
to catch you when you fall.
ABCB
Swish, swish. Jayden swept up the spilled cereal off of the cafeteria floor.
Onomatopoeia
The story/"book" of the drama is called a...
script
What is the difference between a biography and autobiography?
A biography is about an individual written by another person. An autobiography is about an individual written by themselves.
Understanding Key Details Task Card #2
She reminded him that if they ate all of their dinner, they would get ice cream.
What kind of poem is the following poem?
There was an Old Man of Quebec,
A beetle ran over his neck;
But he cried, 'With a needle,
I'll slay you, O beetle!'
That angry Old Man of Quebec
by Edward Lear
Limerick
This book is going to take me forever to read!!!
Hyperbole
The objects used in a play
props
Making Inference Task Card #16
D 300 slaves escaped to freedom thanks to her efforts.
Understanding Key Details Task Card #3
She didn't want to get in trouble
What is one reason a poet may repeat lines (verses)?
1. To emphasize a thought
2. To keep/rhyme or rhythm
3. Can we think of any others?
Mrs. Stahl told her students to "crack open a book"
idiom
What the actors say to each other
dialogue
Making Inferences Task Cards #17
B Helen suddenly understood how to communicate
Understanding Key Details Task Card #4
My home is
in a cholla cactus.
I won’t live where
cactus doesn’t grow
because I know
the only safe place
for a nest is a stickery branch
in a cactus thicket.
The poet uses the word “stickery” in line 21 to help readers understand —
A how animals are able to find an abandoned nest
B where the wren sits on the cactus to sing in the afternoons
C how much work the wren does to build a nest
D why most animals would not want to touch the cactus
D why most animals would not want to touch the cactus
The fly flew high in the bright night sky.
Assonance
The written instructions in the script that tell the actors what to do/ where to go.
stage directions
Making Inferences Task Cards #18
B A Hard Worker