4th Grade Text Evidence
What are these? " "
Quotation Marks
What does a sentence start and end with?
A capitalized letter and punctuation
What is a fake or imagined story called?
Fiction or narrative
What is a true or real story called?
Nonfiction or expository
What is a noun?
A person, place, or thing
What is text structure?
How a text is organized.
True or False: A direct quote from the text should have different words from the text.
False
Is "I think pineapple on pizza is delicious!" an example of a fact or an opinion?
It is an opinion.
What do we call words used to describe a main character?
Character Traits
In order for a story to be nonfiction, the information has to be what?
True
Character traits are often examples of what part of speech - noun, adjective, verb, or adverb?
Adjective
Nonfiction or expository
What is a quote?
A sentence taken out of the text. Something someone has said.
Name two types of punctuation used to end a sentence.
period, question mark, exclamation point.
What is the lesson or moral of a story called?
Theme
What does an author suggest after discussing a problem in a non-fiction text?
A solution.
What is a verb?
An action word
This text structure includes information presented in chronological order.
Sequencing
Why do we use quotes in our essays?
To show text evidence that supports our answers.
Is "The sky is blue" an example of a fact or an opinion?
It is a fact.
What does SETTING mean?
When and where a story takes place.
What is the opinion or thesis of a story?
It's what an author is trying to prove
What are the word parts added to the beginning and end of root words to change their meaning called?
Prefixes and suffixes
This text structure explains what happened and then talks about the results that follow.
Cause and Effect
What is Text Evidence?
A quote taken out of a text that supports your answer.
What is wrong with the below sentence?
at first i didn't realize that the author was talking about mr smith.
It doesn't have any capital letters.
What is dialogue?
When characters talk in a story.
What does an author usually mention after writing about the cause of an event?
The effect.
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun.
What is this text's structure
Outside the glass, the water evaporates and spreads throughout the room as vapor. In time, the drops disappear. Inside the glass, water also evaporates, but the vapor is trapped.
Description