Parts of Speech
What is a noun?
A person, place, or thing
What does description mean?
To focus on one topic with facts about it.
A word that has an opposite meaning of a word
Antonym
Who tells the first person narrative?
What's a setting?
Where or when a story takes place.
What is a suffix?
An addition to a word at the end that can change the meaning of the root word.
Who tells a firsthand account?
Someone who was there and experienced it.
What acronym do we use to remember coordinating conjunctions?
FANBOYS
What's the prepositional phrase:
I went to school on the bus.
What is a verb?
An action word
What structure puts events in order?
Chronological or Sequential Order
A word that has a similar meaning to another word
Synonym
Who tells a 3rd person narrative?
The narrator of a story
What does a character's FAST mean?
Feelings, actions, saying, and thoughts.
What's a root word?
A word that can be a word by itself.
Who tells a secondhand account?
Someone who heard about something or read about it after the event happened.
Nor (combines two things that are negative)
What's the prepositional phrase:
My friend and I went swimming in the pool.
in the pool.
A word that describes something
Give an example of Cause and Effect.
Throwing a rock into the water and seeing the ripples it creates.
Give an example of an antonym for the word small.
Big, huge, ginormous, gigantic, etc.
I, me, we, our, mine, my, etc.
What's a main idea?
What the text is mainly about with supporting details.
What's a prefix?
An addition to a word at the beginning that can change the meaning of the root word.
I wrote about when I was in Spain when they won the World Cup in 2010.
Firsthand account
What's the CC in this sentence:
I want to go travel, but it is not summer break yet.
, but
What's the prepositional phrase:
We can't wait to drive to the lake over summer.
to the lake over summer.
What is a prounoun?
A word that takes the place of a noun (he, she, they, etc.)
What is the structure that looks at the similarities and differences between 2 topics?
Compare and Contrast
Rough, hard, bumpy, lumpy, coarse, etc.
What pronouns are used in a third person narrative?
He, she, they, them, theirs, him, her, etc.
What's a theme?
The moral or lesson of the story.
What does the prefix -un mean? Ex: uncommon
Not
My friend told me all about her favorite concert she went to.
Secondhand account
What punctuation do we use with most coordinating conjunctions?
a comma (before the coordinating conjunction).
What's the prepositional phrase:
I put my toys inside of the box when I was finished playing with them.
inside of the box when I was finished playing with them.
What is a preposition?
A word or phrase that describes the location of something.
Which text structure has an answer to a conflict?
Problem and Solution
Give a synonym for the word delightful.
Name the narrative:
I am so excited summer is a few weeks away. I am going to go to Chicago and go camping.
First person narrative
What does it mean to infer?
To make a guess about the text without it being written down.
What does the suffix -est mean? Ex: sweetest
The most
I went to the shelter to pick out a dog.
Firsthand Account
What is the job of a coordinating conjunction?
It combines two sentences.
What's the prepositional phrase:
When the bell rings, I need to be sitting at my desk and start to work.
at my desk and start to work.