Reading A
The person who writes a book is the ________
author
A person who draws pictures in a book is called the ________________.
illustrator
Information you can prove is called a _______.
fact
How you think or feel about something is called your ____________.
opinion
A story that is made up is what genre?
fiction
Words that have the same meaning are called ________.
synonyms
Words that mean the opposite are called __________.
antonyms
What is paraphrase
express the same message in different words
The author's purpose of a persuasive text is ...
to persuade
What is an example of an expository text?
Newspapers, textbooks
The bird was perched on a branch.
What does perched mean?
sitting
Added to the end of a word to change the meaning
suffix
What is a myth?
a fictional story that uses supernatural beings (gods/goddesses) to teach a moral or explain natural phenomena
A book that gives real information and teaches us about something is what genre?
nonfiction
Words under a photo that describe the photo are called ____________.
captions
What is the author's purpose of a narrative text ?
to entertain, teach a moral or lesson.
What is an idiom?
a phrase, saying, or a group of words with a metaphorical (not literal) meaning, which has become accepted in common usage
a type of writing that tells "how to" do something
procedural
Ten thousand dollars ______ a lot of money.
be is are can
is
What does "You woke up on the wrong side of the bed" mean?
You appear to be in a bad mood
What is in alphabetical order at the end of the book?
glossary
What does "Beat around the bush" mean ?
To avoid talking about what’s important
what is a Language that appeals to one or more of the five senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. For example, this image—"the fish's slippery, shiny scales"—appeals to the senses of sight and touch. The words help us to picture the fish and to imagine how it would feel if we touched it.
imagery
conversation between two people in a story
dialogue
What is the page called in a book where you find what is in the book?
Table of contents