Fiction
This is the lesson or message the author wants you to learn.
What is theme/main idea?
This type of text feature is at the beginning of a section and it tells you what that section is about.
What is a heading?
The three types of writing prompts.
What is narrative, explanatory/informative, and opinion?
This word means a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
This means proof for your answer.
What is text evidence?
What is inference?
This text feature tells you where to find specific words.
What is an index?
A concluding sentence in an explanatory essay should tell you ______.
What is a lesson you learned?
A complete sentence must have a subject and _________.
What is a verb?
This point of view uses "I", "me", and "we"
What is first person point of view?
Read this passage:
“Jordan grabbed his umbrella before stepping outside. Dark clouds covered the sky, and thunder rumbled in the distance.”
This detail from the text best supports the idea that it is about to rain.
What is "Dark clouds covered the sky, and thunder rumbled in the distance"?
Read this passage:
“Plants need sunlight, water, and air to grow. Without enough sunlight, plants may grow slowly or not at all.”
This detail from the text best supports why sunlight is important for plants.
What is “Without enough sunlight, plants may grow slowly or not at all”?
These are the four parts of an opinion essay.
What is OREO, Opinion, Reason, Evidence, Opinion?
When a sentence is missing a subject or a verb, it is called a...
What is a fragment?
When an author describes something by comparing it using “like” or “as,” it is called this.
What is a simile?
In a story, “Jake kept checking the clock, tapping his foot, and sighing loudly while waiting.” Based on these clues, you can infer this about Jake.
What is Jake is nervous/impatient/annoyed?
In a nonfiction article, “It rained heavily all night, so the river flooded in the morning.” The heavy rain is the....., and the river flooding is the....
What is cause and effect?
The elaborations sentence in an explanatory essay should tell the reader _____.
What is why your evidence proves your focus statement?
Words like “happy,” “blue,” and “fast” are descriptive words. These are called…
What is adjective?
Simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole are all examples of....
What is figurative language?
Marcus was excited to help his neighbor Mr. Chen carry groceries, but when he arrived, the bags were heavier than he expected. His arms ached, and he almost dropped one. Mr. Chen thanked him kindly and told him stories about when he was young. By the time Marcus left, he felt proud, even though the job had been difficult. The next day, Marcus returned to help again without being asked.
The main of this passage can be....
What is that helping others can be rewarding, even when it is hard?/What is helping others makes you feel good?
One sentence from this passage does not support the main idea...
Most people do not expect to find skunks on a farm. Believe it or not, some people actually owned skunk farms in the past. In fact, an article from a Missouri newspaper in 1910 described why skunks may have been bred on farms. They were once seen as good pets, as a way for farmers to protect their grain, and as a source of fur to make clothing items such as coats, hats, and shoes. If a skunk sprays a dog, the dog can really stink. So the next time you see a skunk, remember that not so long ago people found lots of positive reasons to raise them and to have them around.
What is "If a skunk sprays a dog, the dog can really stick"?
These are the six parts of a narrative story.
What is ESCAPE, Establish, setting, characters, action, problem, ending?
Read the sentence: This game is called jeopardy, and this game is fun.
This type of sentence is called....
What is a compound sentence?
These are the four purposes for why an author writes a text.
What is persuade/convince, explain, inform, or entertain?