Point of View
Important Concepts
Figurative Language
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I am going to the beach with my friends today! I am so excited!

What point of view is this?


1st person

100

What is the setting? 


Where and when a story takes place

100

What type of figurative language and what does it mean?

My parents are the strictest parents on planet earth. 

hyperbole and her parents are very strict

100

The beach is a wonderful place for tourists to visit. There is lots of activities for them. 


What word tells you the author's claim?

Wonderful

100

What was the foreshadowing in Sadie's Game?

When Sadie was thinking about her brother. 

200
Marianne and Susan went to the beach today. They had a blast playing with their friends. 


What point of view is this?

Third Person

200

What is the conflict?

The problem

200

What type of figurative language and what does it mean?

Piece of cake

Riding my bike for the first time was a piece of cake!

idiom and it was easy

200

What is the plot?

Events of a story

200

What was one of the conflicts in Ways to Make Sunshine?

When Ryan has to move houses

When Ryan has to take over in the talent show


300

It will not matter, until you decide to make a difference. You need to stop using nonrenewable energy and start using renewable energy. 

What point of view?

Second Person

300

What is the theme?

The lesson/moral of the story

300
What type of figurative language and what does it mean?


She was as a calm as the wind on a bright summer day. 

simile and she was very calm

300

What is author's perspective?

How an author feels about a topic 

300

List 5 types of text features. 

Maps

Title

Heading

Photograph

Caption

Diagram

400

If a main character is telling the story it is....

1st, 2nd, or 3rd POV?

first person point of view

400

What is dialogue?

Characters speaking to eachother


400

What type of figurative language and what does it mean?

She was the sun. Every day her bright shine reflected a glow of happiness. 

Metaphor


She was a very bright and happy person

400

What is foreshadowing?

A hint of what will happen next!

400

List the plot of Sadie's Game in chronological order. 

1. Sadie is thinking about her brother and how he has new friends. 

2. Sadie is sad her brother did not show up to her basketball game

3. Sadie's brother shows up at her basketball game with flowers.

4. Sadie's brother says even though you make new friends, you will always be my best friend. 

500

"I love to go to the movies!" Said Karen. "I love the movies too, we should be best friends." Replied Susie. I wish I was invited, thought Megan. 


What point of view?

Third Person

500

What is connotation and denotation?

Connotation: Feeling

Denotation: Definition 

500

What type of figurative language and what does it mean?

apple of my eye

Every kid is the apple of their parents' eye. 

idiom and something very precious or dear

500

What are the 5 types of text structure?

Cause and effect

sequential/chronological

problem and solution

description 

compare and contrast

500

What are the 3 great test taking strategies?

Read the questions first.

Use the strikethrough tool to eliminate incorrect answers.

Use Part b to help answer part a