Grammar
What is an adverb?
An adjective that describes a verb.
What is the difference between central idea and theme?
Central idea tells you what the text is mostly about, Theme is what the author wants your to learn (the lesson.
What is the terms that goes with the questions " What is the text mostly about"
Main Idea
What does PIE stand for in Author's Purpose?
Persuade, Inform, and Entertain
In what type of writing would you hear rhyming words?
Poems
What is a prefix?
a word part that goes at the beginning of a word
What is one word to explain compare and one word to explain contrast?
Same and different
What is theme?
Theme is the moral or the lesson learned in a story
How do you prove your answer is correct?
text evidence- going back in and highlighting the proof
What is the first paragraph in an essay called?
introduction
What does suffix mean?
Comes at the end of a word (base word)
What does sequence of events mean?
The order of events in a story
What is conflict and resolution?
the problem and how it got fixed
Name 4 different text structures.
Cause/Effect
Sequence
Compare/contrast
Problem and Solution
In what type of essay will you likely hear make up information involving plot?
Narrative
What is an adjective?
A describing word
Who is the person that tells the story? What different points of view can a story be told in?
The Narrator
First and Third. First, the narrator is a character sharing the story. Third, the narrator is an outside voice telling the story.
What are the main components of a story? How would you retell a story that you read?
Character and setting
Events
Plot
What is the difference between a prefix and suffix? Give and example of each a prefix and a suffix.
prefix changes the meaning of a root word by adding something to the beginning
suffix changes the meaning of a root word by adding something to the end of the word.
-ful and pre-
Dear _____,
a letter
Name 3 errors in grammar in this sentence:
Dr. silva was very nice when I needed to get stiches
Silva capitalized
stitches spelled wrong
No period at the end of the sentence.
What are some examples of text and graphic features? How do these features help you as a reader?
Text features present important parts of the story in a different way.
Text features: Punctuation, Print (Bold, Capital, Italic, large, Color, small
Graphic Features are visuals that help explains ideas in the text
Graphic Features: illustrations, diagrams, maps, and speech bubbles
What was the theme in Gigi and the Wishing Ring story?
Be kind to others and they will be kind to you./Lie to others and they will lie to you.
What type of text has acts and scenes?
Drama
All essays should have 3 main paragraphs, what are the names of those three paragraphs?
Introduction, body and conclusion