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Does Mrs. Leone like the Yankees?
No
This is where and when the story happens or takes place.
What is the setting of a story?
A problem or struggle characters face in a story.
What is conflict?
This refers to how information is organized in a text.
What is text structure?
This is the process of writing down key information from a paragraph or paragraphs to help remember and understand what you have read.
What is taking notes?
Who is Mrs. Hollenweger's favorite singer?
Taylor Swift
In our notes, we write a concise version that tells the main point or main points for that specific paragraph or paragraphs.
What is a summary?
The use of symbols to represent ideas or character qualities within writing.
What is symbolism?
This means putting events in the order they happened.
What is chronological order?
This word indicates that there are two good answer choices, but one is better than the other.
What is the word "best?"
How many dogs does Mrs. Calimano have?
3
This is the most important point or message the author wants to convey in a text.
What is the central or main idea?
A literary device that gives hints about what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
These are words like "because," "therefore," and "as a result."
What are signal words for cause and effect?
An underlying message of a story.
What is a theme?
What is the name of Mrs. King's favorite lake?
Lake George
This explains why the author wrote the text, such as to inform, entertain, or persuade.
This literary device involves giving human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
This occurs when a challenge is presented along with a way to fix it.
What is problem and solution?
This perspective uses "I" or "we" to tell the story from the viewpoint of a character, while this other perspective uses "he," "she," or "they" to narrate without being part of the story.
What are first-person and third-person point of view?
How many times has Mrs. Carrigan been to the Junior Olympics for volleyball?
3
An educated guess you make based on clues from the text.
What is an inference?
This is when a story takes the reader back to an earlier time to provide important background information.
What is a flashback?
This shows how things are alike and how they are different.
What is comparing and contrasting?
This is a specific element in a text that helps to organize information or enhance understanding. Provide an example.
What is a text feature?
Answers may vary: headings, table of contents, glossary, charts, graphs, images, captions, and bullet points.