Parts of Speech
Person, Place, Thing
What is a noun?
The reason the author has written something.
Ex: Entertainment, Persuasive, Informational
What is Author's Purpose
What are you doing when you are providing characteristics and features, give a detailed picture of something
What is describing?
the way the author feels about the subject he or she is writing about
A describing word
What is an adjective?
a way of explaining the reason (cause) why events occur (effect)
Example: It was snowing outside so school was canceled.
The noisy class could not go outside for recess.
What is cause and effect?
pieces of information that support or tell more about the main idea
What are details?
forming a visual image
what is visualization?
Mrs. Krog and Miss Harding are examples of
What is a Proper Noun?
the author shows what kind of person the character is through what the character says and does and the reader must make inferences about the character (figure out something about the character)
Usually we come up with two adjectives (describing words) about the character
What are character traits?
What is it called when you are explaining in greater detail
the central message, what the author wants you to know, usually not stated but must be inferred by the reader
what is theme?
Examples may include: he, she, it, I, us, him, her
What is a pronoun?
events are arranged in the order in which they happened (time order)
What is chronological order?
facts, statements, or physical signs that prove
something or support a conclusion
What is Evidence?
gathering pieces of evidence that back up the ___________ ______ of the text
What is Central Idea?
A word to describe a verb, adjective, or other adverb, often ending in- ly
What is an adverb?
What is a word when we discuss two things that are alike
What is a comparison?
What is the sequence of events in a story called?
What is PLOT?
putting all the different parts together to create a whole new thing
What is synthesizing?