Story Detectives (RL)
What do we call the "lesson" or "moral" a story teaches?
Theme
What is the "Main Idea" of a text?
What the text is mostly about
Use context clues: "The gigantic elephant towered over the trees." What does gigantic mean?
Huge/Very big
Identify the noun in this sentence: "The happy dog barked.
Dog
To share how you feel about a topic, you write an ______ piece.
Opinion
Character _______ are words that describe a person’s personality (like brave or selfish).
Traits
Which text feature helps you find a specific page number for a topic?
Table of Contents or Index
What is a suffix? (Give an example).
A word part added to the end (e.g., -ly, -ful)
Which word is the verb? "The student studied for the big test."
Studied
When you write a story about a sequence of events, it is called a _______.
Narrative
Explain the difference between a first-person and third-person point of view.
First-person (I/me), Third-person (he/she/they)
What does a cause and effect relationship explain in a text?
Why something happened and what happened as a result
What are synonyms? Give an example pair.
Words with the same meaning (Small/Tiny)
Fix the sentence: "i went to columbus ohio last tuesday."
"I went to Columbus, Ohio, last Tuesday."
To support your answer, you should always "cite ______" from the text.
Evidence
How do a character's actions contribute to the events in a story?
Actions drive the plot/sequence
How is a biography different from a fable?
Bio is true/informational, Fable is fiction with a moral
What does the prefix pre- mean in the word "preheat"?
Before
Is this a simple or compound sentence? "I like apples, but I love grapes."
Compound (joined by "but")
A group of sentences about one main idea is called a ________.
Paragraph
When you use what you know + what the book says to find an answer, you are making an ______.
Inference
What is the purpose of a caption under a photograph?
To explain what is happening in the picture.
What are homonyms? Give an example (e.g., bat and bat).
Words that sound/look the same but have different meanings.
Change "run" to the irregular past tense form.
Ran
What are the three main parts of an essay? (Hint: I, B, C)
Introduction, Body, Conclusion.