Sentence Skills
What are the two parts of a complete sentence?
Subject and Verb
What is text evidence?
Information from the text used to support ideas
What is the setting of a story?
The time and place
What figurative language compares two things using “like” or “as”?
Simile
What does the prefix “un-” mean? Example: unhelpful
not
What type of sentence asks a question?
Interrogative
An objective summary should NOT include what?
opinions or feelings
What is the most exciting part of the story!
The peak or the climax
“Time is a thief” is what type of figurative language?
Metaphor
What does the suffix “-less” mean? Example: hopeless
WIthout
“Please clean your room.” is what type of sentence?
Imperative
Text clues + prior knowledge = what?
Inferences
What type of conflict is an internal struggle?
Character vs. self
“The wind whispered” is an example of what?
Personification
What does the root “bio” mean? Example: biology
Life
What is a sentence fragment?
An incomplete sentence missing a subject, verb, or complete thought
What does synthesizing information mean?
Combining ideas from texts, background knowledge, and new information
What is the theme of the story
The lesson or the moral
“I’m starving!” is an example of what figurative language?
Hyperbole
What does the root “geo” mean? Example: geography
earth
Name all four types of sentences.
Declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory
Give one sentence starter for introducing text evidence.
What is foreshadowing?
Hints about future events in the story
What is an idiom?
A phrase with a nonliteral meaning
What does the prefix “re-” mean? Example re-start
Again