Character Traits
What do we call the words that describe how a character acts, feels, or thinks?
Character traits
What is the main idea of a passage?
What the text is mostly about
What does it mean to infer?
To use clues and what you know to figure something out
What is the point of view?
The perspective from which a story is told
What is the setting of a story?
Where and when the story takes place
Sally always helps her classmates and shares her crayons.
What trait describes Sally?
Kind or helpful
What do we call the facts or examples that support the main idea?
Supporting details
The grass was wet, and kids carried umbrellas.
What can you infer?
It just finished raining
What pronouns does first person point of view use?
"I," "me," and "my"
What is the theme of a story?
The lesson or message that the author wants you to learn?
A character slams a door and crosses their arms.
What trait might describe them?
Angry or frustrated
The passage tells about different kinds of clouds and what they look like.
What is the main idea?
The different types of clouds
If a boy hides his report card from his mom, what can you infer?
He probably got bad grades
What pronouns does third person point of view use?
"He," "she," "they," or people's names
What is a synonym for "happy"?
Glad, joyful, cheerful, pleased
What is the difference between a character's trait and their feeling?
A trait lasts over time; a feeling can change quickly
Why are details important to the main idea?
They support or explain the main idea
Why are inferences important when reading?
They help readers understand what is not directly stated
The story says, "You walk into the classroom and everyone stares at you. You wonder if they noticed your new haircut."
What point of view is this story written in?
What do you call the problem in a story?
The conflict
Give an example of a negative trait and one example of a positive trait.
mean/kind, lazy/hardworking
How can you find main idea of a paragraph?
Look in the first or last sentence, or repeated words
"Ella's hands shook as she walked to the front of the class."
What can you infer?
She feels nervous or scared
What is the difference between first person point of view and third person point of view?
First-person point of view talks about oneself and the third-person point of view talks about someone else
What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction
Fiction is made-up; nonfiction is true and factual