Theme
What is another word for "theme?"
central message
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, idea, or animal
What are context clues?
Clues that help you figure out the meaning of the story or the meaning of unknown words
What does a title do?
A title tells you about what you're going to be reading in your story
Is a prefix at the beginning of the word or at the end?
A prefix is at the beginning and a suffix is at the end
What is a theme?
The lesson you can learn from a story
What is a verb
An action or a state of being
Where can you find context clues in a story?
Context clues are around the word
Where can you find a heading?
A heading is above a paragraph or a group of paragraphs
What does the prefix "pre" mean?
Extra point if you can tell me 2 words with this prefix!
Pre means before.
Preview, prequel, pregame
What genre of books will always have a theme?
A fable
A word that describes a noun
What do you need to do before you answer a question?
RESTATE
What does a heading do?
A heading tells you what you will be reading about in a section or in a paragraph
Extra point if you can tell me two words with this suffix
"Ful" means full of
Beautiful, wonderful, plentiful, bountiful
What is a fable?
A story that teaches a lesson that usually has animals or non-human things as the characters
What is an adverb?
A word that describes a verb
How can you start off a cite?
"The text says"
What is a key word?
A keyword is a word in bold that is an important or unfamiliar word
What does the suffix "less" mean?
Extra point if you can tell me 2 words with this suffix
"Less" means without or less of something
Uselss, worthless, thoughtless
Choose any story we have read this school year: what was the theme of that story?
Ms. Metcalf will determine if your answer is correct!
Name 7 linking verbs
am is are was were has have had be being been
Is everything written in a story meant to be taken literally?
How can you figure out what the actual meaning is?
Everything isn't literal. You can figure out what it actually means by looking for context clues around the word or phrase
Name 5 text features
title heading subheading key word side bar picture caption diagram table of contents glossary
What does the prefix "re" mean?
Extra point if you can give me 2 words with this prefix
"Re" means to do again
Redo, rewrite, retry, replay