This and That
It's a message or lesson that an author wants to convey. This is often implied; not directly stated.
What is theme?
Things that should have capital letters in a sentence.
What are the names of specific people, places, or things? Proper nouns
Persuaded someone to do something or join a group.
a)begged
b) trudged
c)recruited
What is recruited?
A fiction story that takes place in a specific time period.
What is historical fiction?
The order in which someone's life experiences are told.
What is Chronological / Sequencing organizational patterns?
What do you use to prove a theme of a story.
What is text evidence?
Where are transition words located in a story?
What is the beginning of the paragraph?
What do these words have in common? What does it mean?
bibliophile, philanthropist, philosophy, philharmonic
The root word PHIL= love of something
A suspenseful story about a puzzling event.
What is mystery?
When telling a story, looking for ways the subjects are alike or different.
What is compare and contrast?
Where the setting of the story is found. (think plot diagram)
What is the exposition?
When you do not know how to spell a word, what should you do?
What is use the dictionary?
Which word is a synonym for continued?
a) halted
b) run
c) pursued
What is pursued?
The story of a real person's life written by another person.
What is biography?
Text attempts to solve an issue posed in the text.
What is problem/solution?
Define the theme expressed in a story
What you learn from the story? What is the moral of the story? What is the big idea.
What is wrong with this sentence?
If Shelly study ahead of time, she could have talked to her teacher about the question before the test.
What is the wrong verb tense? It should be past tense- studied
The Prefix "pre-" means.
What is before?
Text that provide facts about a variety of topics. Think of a science book.
What is informational text?
Gives a number of great details about one thing.
What is description?
Refers to who is telling the story and gives us insight to the characters thoughts and feelings.
What is point of view?
Name a word that should always be capitalized even when in isolation.
What is the word I?
The suffix "-ful" means?
What is full?
Examples:
careful
helpful
painful
A story that uses fictional characters but really could happen.
What is realistic fiction?
When people ask someone for help and the person gives the other person information.
What is question and answer?