What good readers and writers do!
How do good writers start answering a question?
What is T.T.Q.A.?
The four types of sentences.
What is declarative (.), interrogative (?), exclamatory (.), and imperative (.)?
Boom! Smash! Bang!
What is onomatopoeia?
text features ...name 10
What is bold print, italics, maps, titles, subtitles, captions, photographs, sidebars, glossary, table of contents, timeline, factbox, index, bibliography, labels, graphs, charts, and bullets
Written in stanzas
What is poetry?
Name 3 things you should do before reading the passage?
What is determine the genre, read the question, and create a t- chart
What is a verb?
A verb shows action
Comparing two things either using "like" or "as" or leaving like and as OUT! My friend is as funny as a clown. My friend is a clown.
What is similes and metaphors?
Name 3 of the 5 nonfiction text structures.
What is description, cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological order or sequence, and compare and contrast?
Written in scenes and lines.
What is a play?
Good writers create one of these to prepare to write a narrative...
What is a story mountain
Wait! There is a car coming don't cross the street. Whoa, that was close. Wait and whoa are examples of this.
What is an interjection?
The clouds danced in the sky. My cat screamed at the dog. The hot sun kissed my cheek. The rocks stabbed my foot.
What is personification?
What feature can help understand the meaning of words in a section?
What is the glossary?
Ordinary writing written in paragraphs.
What is prose?
Good writers answer a text based essay response in this format...Be able to explain the format
What is I can answer the open response in A.S.E.S.E.S.E.C... answer, support, explain, support, explain, support, explain, conclude?
The dog is hiding under the porch because it knows it will be punished for chewing up a new pair of shoes. Under, for, and of is this part of speech.
What is a preposition?
Pick up your ears and hold your horses. This MCAS test will be a piece of cake. This statement is an example of this.
What is an idiom?
Name a sub genre of nonfiction.
What is biography, autobiography, informational, reference, and persuasive essay?
Uses figurative language like similes, metaphors, and imagery?
What is prose, poetry, and plays?
Good readers do these FOUR most important steps after reading the entire multiple choice question twice.
1. answer question in your head
2. read all 4 answers
3. eliminate two of the answers
4. support answer by going back into text
Which sentence uses dialogue correctly?
A.) "Jason spoke softly bowing his head in shame," I am sorry I made you mad yesterday.
B.) "Mama! Where is my red and white striped shirt you washed yesterday?" Maggie inquired in a panic like her house was on fire.
C.) "Hey, do you want to go to the movies with me on Tuesday night? Robbie excitedly asked in a high pitch voice.
What is B?
Matt made millions of mistakes making his mother mini muffins. There are 2 different figurative languages used here name both.
What is alliteration and hyperbole?
"Earthquakes happen all over the world in areas called seismic zones. Seismic zones occur where the plates of crust covering the Earth's surface meet each other. Earth, the mantle is always moving, which in turn moves the plates. These plates push against each other, building up tension between them. When the tension between plates becomes too great they grind against each other, causing the Earth's surface to tremble and shake: Name the text structure
What is Cause and Effect
Uses italics to tell the reader what to do or how to feel.
What is a play?