Fiction
This structure tells what happens in the story and includes the exposition, rising action, climax, and falling action.
Plot
This is what the text is mostly about.
The Central (Main) Idea
How have changes in technology helped humans meet their needs?
San Antonio, Emma, Tara, Dog Man, Friday, and Cornerstone Elementary are all examples of what?
Proper Nouns
This type of figurative language makes a direct comparison of two unlike things (HINT! It doesn't use "like" or "as").
Metaphor
This fiction genre types typically have talking animals and will teach a lesson or moral. Answer requires 2/3 correct!!
Fable, Tall Tales, Fantasy (Sometimes)
These are the 5 text structures of nonfiction.
1. Description 2. Problem/Solution 3. Sequence 4. Cause/Effect 5. Compare/Contrast
Give 2 examples of past transportation and how it is different today.
Answers will vary (Horse and carriage now car and train, boats have motors, etc.).
On, Next To, Behind, Before, and Across are all examples of?
Prepositions
"Evan and Suleiman's science fair project was cutting edge and made a splash at the competition." What do the idioms mean?
Cutting Edge = Brand new technology
Make a Splash = Very exciting an popular
List a positive or negative character trait and and two actions the character would do or say to support it.
Answers will vary.
If the author writes a book to teach you something or share real facts, their purpose is to do this (Author's Purpose).
To Inform
Describe how communication has changed since the fist telephone was introduced.
Answers will vary (Texting, Facetime, Apps, Mobile, Talk Across the World, Etc.)
Quickly, Yesterday, Outside, and Loudly are all examples of?
Adverbs
What are the tone and mood of a story?
Tone = How the author feels
Mood = How the reader feels
This shows where and when the story takes place. In drama, every time this changes, so does the scene.
Setting.
This text feature gives definitions to the bold words throughout the text and can usually be found at the end of the text.
Glossary
What were George Washington Carvers contributions to human society, and how did they help people meet their needs?
He transformed farming by showing how rotating crops, specifically peanuts, could help restore nutrients into the soil to help plants grow.
These parts of speech describe a noun.
Adjectives
Describe the four possible points of view in a text.
1st Person = Being told by the person experiencing it (I, me, my, we)
2nd Person = The reader is spoken to directly (like choose your own adventure)
3rd Person Limited = The narrator knows one character. "Mr. B went crazy."
3rd Person Omniscient = The narrator knows all "Mr. B went crazy. The class thought it was funny."
This is the problem the character faces in the story, like fighting a dragon or solving a mystery. It can be against another person, nature, society, or self.
Conflict.
You can find these in nonfiction books to help you understand what something looks like. 2/3 needed to win!
Photographs, Illustrations, and Diagram
What is wrong with this title? A walk to Remember Through the Forest
"The traffic light refused to turn green, making Mr. B go crazy" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification