Reading
What is repetition?
Using the same word, phrase, or sentence multiple times.
What is a noun?
Person, place, or thing.
What is cause?
Reason why something happened.
What are you doing when you compare something?
Finding similarities.
What are you doing when you contrast something?
Finding differences
What is a similie?
A comparison of two objects, people, or things using the words "like" or "as".
EX: She shines like the sun.
What is an alliteration?
Repetition of the first sound or sounds in a group of words.
EX:
Sally sells seashells down by the seashore.
What is an opinion?
Your thoughts or feelings.
What are the 3 reasons an author writes?
Persuade, entertain, and inform
What is a theme?
The moral or the message of a story.
What is a metaphor?
A direct comparison of two objects, people, or things. Often uses IS, WAS, ARE, or WERE.
EX: He is a shining star.
What is an idiom?
A saying that does not mean what it says.
EX: It's raining cats and dogs.
What pronouns are used in 1st person point of view.
I, me, my, ours, we....
What is central focus also known as?
Main Idea
Extra 1,000 points: What is main idea?
What is a solution?
What is a rhyme?
When two or more words have the same ending sound.
What is a stanza?
What pronouns are used in third person point of view?
What is a synonym?
Two or more words that have similar meanings?
What is an inference?
Using your own knowledge to make conclusions about a text.
Not actually stated in the text.
What is a verse?
A line in a poem. (Like a sentence)
What is a personification?
When you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.
EX:
Lightning danced across the sky.
What are you doing when you sequence?
Putting things in order.
What kind of text tells you facts?
Non-fiction
What kind of text is made up?
Fiction