Text Talk
When you retell the most important parts of a story
Summary/ Summarize
You're reading a picture book and notice someone created the drawings. What do you call the person who made the pictures?
illustrator
A strategy you use to help you understand the story better
Retell
The author's _____________ is why they wrote the text.
purpose
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
They both compare two things but a metaphor does NOT use "like" or "as"
The author explains the ground was wet because it rained all night. What kind of text structure is this?
You're confused about a question and don't understand part of the text.What strategy can you use to go back and check for underdstanding?
Rereading
You're writing an essay and you're about to begin a new idea. What should you do at the beginning of the next line to show it's a new paragraph?
Indent
A story usually has a problem and a _____________
solution
She was as brave as a lion. What kind of figurative language is this?
Simile
You're writing about a text and need to restate the question, give text evidence, and explain your thinking. What type of writing are you doing?
Extended Response
What type of text includes a cast of characters, dialogue, stage directions, a narrator, and scenes?
Play
You're reading a story and think about what lesson the main character learned. What are you trying to figure out?
Theme/ Moral
The _____________ of the passage is what it's mostly about
main idea
Giving human traits to things that aren't human.
Personification
You're reading an article and see bold words, a diagram, and a heading. What do we call these helpful parts that support your understanding?
Text Features
When you take information from different parts of a text (or more than one text) and combine it to form a new idea or understanding, what reading skill are you using?
synthesize
entertain, persuade, or inform
A character who never gives up shows the trait of _________________.
determination
Time is a thief.
What figurative language is this?
Metaphor
A small part of the text...
An excerpt
When you read and create pictures in your mind to help you understand the story better, what strategy are you using?
Visualize/ Visualizing
What do we call a group of lines in a poem that are separated by spaces..
Stanza
In a compare and contrast text, you look at the _____________ and ______________.
similarities and differences
Words that are used to describe sound effects.
Example: boom, pow, zap, crash
Onomatopoeia