What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
What compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
Simile
What is the opening paragraph to your writing called?
The closing, the introduction, or the body?
Introduction
What is the first thing you should do to an article or text?
Skim for Genre
What is a noun
Person place or thing
What is the problem of a story called?
conflict
She is busy as a bee.
What type of figurative language is this?
simile
What is text evidence?
What are the three genres for close reading?
Narrative, informational, poetry
What is a verb?
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
Which 2 sentences are examples of metaphors.
The sun was a bright ball of fire.
The bunny was as soft as velvet.
The shoes were a smelly skunk.
That test was as easy as pie.
1. The sun was a bright ball of fire.
3. The shoes were a smelly skunk.
What is the purpose of the conclusion paragraph
To restate the main idea and wrap up the essay
What are the genre frame questions for an informational text?
what is the big topic?
what is the author teaching me about the big topic?
What is the authors point of view about the big topic?
How many nouns are in this sentence:
Boyer and Shayna drove past the store and quickly parked by Chipotle.
4
Boyer
Shayna
Store
Chipotle
What is inference?
An educational guess
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence:
"I’ve told you a million times to clean your room!"
hyperbole - This is an exaggeration because the speaker hasn’t literally said it a million times, but it emphasizes how often the request has been made.
How many paragraphs does an essay have?
4-5
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = a made up story
Nonfiction = text based on factual information
This type of word describes a noun
A. Noun
B. Adjective
C. Verb
D. Adverb
adjective
What is at the top of the plot diagram?
Climax
The wind whispered secrets through the trees,
Dancing softly in the evening breeze.
The moon wore a silver crown so bright,
Watching over the world at night.
Question: What is the figurative language used in this poem, and what does it mean?
Personification—The wind is given the human trait of whispering, which creates an image of gentle movement and sound.
What should be the last sentence of your introduction paragraph?
Your focus statement or thesis
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
Stanza