Author's Purpose
True or False: The Author's Purpose is the same thing as a central idea?
FALSE
the purpose and point of the paragraph
What is the main idea/central idea?
the boy ran away.
What is wrong with this sentence?
What is needs a capital letter?
a comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
What is the definition of this word?
The thought of eating a rat is ABHORRENT to most people.
What is the Horrible/ Nasty
What is tone?
the moral/lesson learned
What is theme?
Did you see the boy run He is going to the store.
What is missing?
What is a question mark?
giving an object human qualities
What is personification?
What is the definition of this word?
Over the holidays, families can show their GENEROSITY by donating food to the homeless.
Willingness to give
The reason why the author wrote the text
What is author's purpose?
A conclusion reached by using an educated guess.
What is an inference?
Which is the correct spelling?
A. acomplish
B. accomplish
C. accomplissh
D. acomplich
What is B. accomplish?
Makes a comparison without like or as: You are a shining star in the classroom!
What is a metaphor?
When you read you often come to words that you don't know. One way to find out a words meanings is to look for_____________ __________________.
What are Context Clues?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain
anything that helps to prove a writer's claim
What is evidence?
The boy said, I am going to the store.
What is missing?
What are quotation marks?
BOOM!
BAM!
Bzzzzzzz!
Ringgggg!
What is onomatopoeia?
What is the definition of this word?
The GARRULOUS boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.
What does garrulous mean?
What is Talkative?
The first step in finding the author's purpose
What is identifying the central idea?
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain
Which is correct?
A. The teacher Mrs. Davis teaches 6th grade ELA.
B. The teacher, Mrs. Davis, teaches 6th grade ELA.
C. The teacher "Mrs. Davis" teaches 6th grade ELA.
What is B. The teacher, Mrs. Davis, teaches 6th grade ELA.
an exaggeration; For example, I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
What is the definition of this word?
Cowboy hats are UBIQUITOUS among the male singers.
What is everywhere?