Reading Vocabulary
What is the definition of conflict in a story
the main problem in the story
the problem the characters face in a story
What does "inference" or making an inference mean in reading
It means making an educated guess or idea
What is a pronoun?
A word the takes a place of the noun
What are the three main reasons an author writes? (Author's Purpose)
to inform, persuade or entertain
True or False: All poems HAVE to rhyme
False
What is the "Climax" in a story
The big/exciting part of a story
If I am a tall person, can run fast and love to be a leader- What is something you can infer about me?
What type of their belongs in the sentence: Go over ________ and grab my coat please.
there
What is the author's purpose of writing an ad about Subways new BLT sub sandwich?
To persuade
What is a stanza?
the lines in a poem
What is the reading term for the following definition "a place or time period where the story takes place"
the setting
What is one inference you can make about Luca in the 9/11 book so far?
Answers will vary
What does the word "Glorious mean"
a. full of glory
b. unable to be glorified
c. acting with glory
a
What are the two MAIN purpose of the I survived series books?
To entertain and inform
What are stage directions in a play?
They are not spoken in a play- they tell the actors about the setting/where to move and what gestures to make
How are theme and main idea different?
Main idea is what the story is all about/theme is the lesson in the story.
Infer how the character Lucas will do: Will he every play football again? Back up your inference with details from the text
Answers will vary
which syllable pattern is broken up correctly for the word neighborhood (think about the claps)
a. neighbor/hood
b. neigh/bor/hood
c. ne/eigh/bor/hood
b
Fictional stories are MOSTLY written to what?
entertain readers
Is the following sentence a metaphor or a simile: She is a fire, burning down everything in her path.
metaphor
Identify the problem, climax and resolution in the story " I survived the children's blizzard"
Problem: the kids get lost from the adults'/trapped in the blizzard
climax: the start to share poems the teacher taught them to try to stay awake and then the slowly drift off to sleep
Resolution- they are saved by adults and brought to the hospital to heal
I LOVE to read, I can hear household items talk and sing, I am a brave person. I will do anything to help my father, I like the color yellow and I am an ordinary girl. Infer what Disney princess I am...
Belle
What is a proper noun and which proper noun in the sentence need fixed?
Mariah and Carley went to texas to see their aunts and uncles.
A proper noun is a noun that needs capitlized:
Texas the the sentence
autobiography- when you write a story about your own personal life
to inform readers about your own life
Give three examples of onomatopoeia
POP, BANK, ZIP, ZZZ, POW, RING, BOOM