Figurative Language
Her hair was as golden as the sun
What is a simile?
What the story is mostly about
What is the main idea?
Small chunk of words attached to the beginning of a word, changing its meaning
What is a prefix?
The noun in the sentence: The dog ran fast.
What is dog?
A text with diagrams, photos, and real life information
What is an informational text?
Language used in a text used in a non-literal way to convey deeper meaning. Examples include: similes, metaphors, idioms, personifications
What is figurative language?
Details that help the reader support the main idea
What are key details?
A word with a prefix meaning: Not complete
What is incomplete?
A person, place, or thing
What is noun?
The three types of writing we should be experts in
What is opinion, informational, and narrative?
The leaves danced in the wind.
My phone died.
The sun smiled down at me.
What are examples of personification?
The clues you use to help you define a word in a text
What are context clues?
The chunk of letters used to change the meaning of a word at the end of the word
What is a suffix?
Creatively, Surprisingly, Gracefully are examples of
What is an adverb?
Characters, plot, setting, dialogue
What are features of a narrative?
Comparing two things using like or as
What is a simile?
The reason why the author wrote the story
What is the author's purpose?
The past tense form of create
What is created?
Miss Dodge, Tynes, Disneyland are all examples of what type of noun?
What is a proper noun?
First, Next, Last
What are transition words?
It's raining cats and dogs!
What is an idiom?
To figure out what the author is not specifically telling us, using text evidence and our schema
What is an inference?
The meaning of unable
What is not able?
She played basketball after school. After is an example of a....
What is a preposition?
The beginning paragraph of an informational writing should include a ____ to grab the reader's attention
What is a hook?