Word Defining
The sky is as bright as the new fluorescent light bulb.
What is this sentence an example of?
What is an example of a simile
When you are able to use what you already know and what a story says to read "in between the lines" to determine what the author is saying
What is Inference?
THE MEssage of a story
What is Theme?
The reason or intent behind a written piece of work
What is the Author's Purpose
The idea of a piece of writing that got the author to sit down and start writing.
When the narrator is a character in the story and uses the words I, Me, My, Us, Ours, and We they are talking in what point of view?
What is 1st Person
Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. Alice would have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat. He then took off his dusty overalls and threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alice left a new garbage bag tied to the porch railing for him every morning. On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag off at the washing machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was instructed. He would eat dinner with her after he was “presentable,” as Alice had often said.
What is Paul's Job? A) Lawyer; B) Construction Worker; C) Teacher
Paul is a B) Construction Worker
A story about friends who respect each other and accept the differences of one another has the theme of...
What is Acceptance?
An instructional booklet describing how to operate a smart phone.
What is the Author's Purpose:
A) To Inform
B) To Persuade
C) To Entertain
The Author's Purpose is A) to inform
Identify the Central Idea:
Monarch butterflies are travelers. Every fall, they migrate in big flocks from the Great Lakes region of the US and Canada to the evergreen forests of Central Mexico.
Monarch Butterflies are travelers
Franklin has a heart of gold is an example of
What is a Metaphor
Crack! Thunder struck and rain poured. Max stared blankly out the window, trying to contain his emotions that raged like the weather. He was beginning to lose it. Dropping the kite from his hand, Max broke out into full sobs. His mother comforted him, “There, there, Max. We’ll just find something else to do.” She began to unpack the picnic basket that was on the counter and offered him a sandwich. Max snapped, “I don’t wanna sand-mich!” A flash from the sky lit up the living room. Boom! Mom sighed.
What did Max's Mom want to do? A) Fly a kite; B) Go on a walk; C) Have a picnic
Max's Mom wanted to C) Have a Picnic
What is Team Work?
What is Cooperation?
A poem about why the iPhone is the greatest consumer electronic device ever made
What is the Author's Purpose:
A) To Persuade
B) To Entertain
C) To Inform
The Author's Purpose is A) to persuade
A story that informs the reader about a specific topic
What is Informational Writing
The wind howled throughout the night is an example of what
What is Personification
Miya came out of the bathroom with tears in her eyes. She ran down to the cafeteria and asked the staff if they had any rice. Fortunately for Miya, Ms. Lucille did. Ms. Lucille filled a red plastic cup about half way with white rice grains and handed it to Miya. Miya pulled a damp phone from out of her back pocket and pushed it into the dry rice grains inside of the plastic cup. She sincerely thanked Ms. Lucille and then went back to class. She felt relieved, but she was still a little worried.
Why is Miya put her phone in rice? A) to remove the water; B) to make Phone Rice; C) for an art project
Miya wanted A) To remove the water from it
The Theme of Little Red Riding Hood is...
What is Looks can be Deceiving?
A story about a group of friends going to an amusement park and riding rollercoasters.
The Author's Purpose is:
A) To Inform
B) To Entertain
C) To Persuade
The Author's Purpose is B) To Entertain
A story written from your perspective about something that has happened to you is what kind of story
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Teacher
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Iggy squinted as he tried to see through the holes in the ski mask. He could make out the large bag on the counter. The frightened woman who put it there now had both hands raised. As he took the bag off of the counter, Iggy tipped an imaginary hat to the woman. The jest did not brighten her demeanor. Iggy exited the first set of doors but stopped in the vestibule. Soon the windows of the building pulsated with blue and red lights. Iggy hurriedly walked back into the building.
What is Iggy doing? A) Going skiing; B) Playing in the snow; C) Robbing a store
Iggy is C) robbing the store
What is the theme of Wonder?
Kindness
The Purpose of your PLP Projects were...
A) To Entertain
B) To Persuade
C) To Inform
TO INFORM
A paper where the authors write the similarities and differences of two things is called
A Compare and Contrast paper