Text Types & Purposes
A statement that is a personal belief. While it is true, it cannot be proven true.
Double Points: Give 2 signal/clue words!
What is an opinion?
Possible signal words: best, amazing, beautiful, always, lucky, favorite, etc.
A word that replaces a person's name (antecedent).
What is a PRONOUN?
A complete thought that includes a subject and a verb (predicate).
What is a COMPLETE SENTENCE?
The suffix -ing
What suffix shows PRESENT TENSE?
To assume something is true, without being written directly in the text.
What is an INFERENCE?
A story structure that tells how two things are similar and different.
What is COMPARE & CONTRAST?
A word that tells the position of something in time or space.
Double Points: Give 2 examples.
What is a PREPOSITION?\
Possible examples: with, on, under, to, up down, etc.
A direct quote of what someone said, using commas and quotation marks.
What is DIALOGUE?
Signal words near an unknown words to help you figure out the meaning.
What are CONTEXT CLUES?
A short text retelling/explaining what a longer text said (maybe using its main idea & detail).
What is a SUMMARY?
A type of text, usually fictional, that is telling a story to entertain the reader. Examples: novels, fantasy, comics, etc.
What is a NARRATIVE?
Words that SOUND the SAME, but are spelled differently.
What are HOMOPHONES?
A type of sentence that isn't a complete thought.
What is a FRAGMENT SENTENCE?
The prefix RE-
What prefix means AGAIN?
What is a SETTING?
A text structure where events occur in a particular order with transition words such as: first, next, then, finally.
What is SEQUENCE?
Words used with a comma to join two sentences into a compound sentence.
What are CONJUNCTIONS?
Two sentences combined using a comma and a conjunction.
What is a COMPOUND SENTENCE?
The root PHOTO
A story written by someone who is not in the story.
What is 3RD PERSON POINT OF VIEW?
What are the THREE main author's purposes?
Persuade, Inform, and Entertain
What order should these ADJECTIVES be in to describe the car:
new sports cool redcool, new, red sports car
What are THREE examples of different times when you need to capitalize words in a sentence?
Proper Nouns - names of specific people / places
Titles of movies, books, songs, etc.
1st letter of 1st word in a sentence
What are TWO REASONS to put the suffix -S at the end of a word?
To make a noun PLURAL (more than one) i.e.- bookS
To make a verb 3rd PERSON, PRESENT TENSE i.e.- he JUMPS, she SINGS
What are TWO common THEMES in stories?
Possible answers:
Be a good friend, tell the truth, hard work pays off, etc.