Fiction
Making an educational guess based on prior knowledge and context clues from the text.
What is an inference?
A story being told in this point of view will make a stronger connection to the reader.
What is first person point of view?
To use strong exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
I love going to baseball games they are so much fun.
What is one way to write the example above correctly adding a FANBOY?
I love going to baseball games, for they are so much fun.
The purpose of this is to help readers understand information using various visuals such as: map, bold words, side bar, ect.
What is a text feature?
Two types of conflicts that can occur either in the characters mind/heart or between a character and an outside force.
What is an internal and external conflict?
A statement that the author is trying to prove is true.
What is claim?
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is personification?
Choose the correct word for the sentence below:
to OR too
Jamie and Sandra were excited about the summer vacation ______.
What is too?
This is a short version of the story that includes just the important details.
What is the summary?
A graphic organizer that includes exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is a plot mountain?
The voice the authors uses to show how they feel about a topic.
What is tone?
The students were running down the halls like a stampede of wildebeest. This is an example of a...?
What is a simile?
I want to go outside for VIP lunch, _____ my grades are _(to, too, two)_ low. What FANBOY should be added to this sentence?
What is but, too?
This is a single sentence telling what an entire text is mostly about.
What is central/key/main idea?
The message, lesson, or moral of the story.
What is theme?
The highest point in the plot where the conflict reaches its peak.
What is climax?
This genre can be non-fiction or fiction and is written in stanzas.
What is poetry?
Coordinating conjunctions can be remembered by what acronym? HINT: you put a comma in front of them
What is FANBOYS?
Short answer responses should be supported using this.
What is text evidence?
Words that describe a character based on what they say, think, effect on others, actions, and looks.
What is a character trait?
The feeling created by the writer.
What is Mood?
My teacher is a living dictionary! This is an example of a...?
What is a metaphor?
Which sentence below uses the comma correctly?
Sentence A: Although the roads were clear, Three Lakes Middle School started later than normal today.
Sentence B: However it was nice, to sleep in.
What is Sentence A?
A short, amusing personal story added by the author to connect to the audience and emphasize an idea.
What is an anecdote?