Genre
What genre am I
*Tells about everyday events that could happen in real life
*Presents true-to-life characters
*Includes dialogue and descriptive details
Realistic Fiction
What sentence type is used for making a statement and what does it end with
declarative
a period
She bought the shirts for five dollars and sold them for seven dollars, so she made a _____ of two dollars from each shirt sold.
profit
What is the predicate
My mother walked into the kitchen.
walked into the kitchen
What is a fragment?
an incomplete sentence missing a subject or predicate
What genre am I
*Uses story structure to tell about real people, things or events
*Usually describes events in order in which they happened
*Is written using information from primary or secondary sources
Narrative Nonfiction
What sentences are used to tell somebody to do something (i.e. give a command or an order)
imperative
I took out a _____ in order to pay for my house.
loan
Brayden went biking yesterday.
went biking yesterday
What are fanboys and what does it stand for?
coordinating conjunctions
for and nor but or yet so
What genre am I
*True story of a person’s life written by another person
*May be about someone who lived in the past or someone alive today
*Events are usually described in chronological order
Biography
What sentences express strong feelings and excitement or extreme dislike
and what does it end with?
exclamatory
!
I tried to _____ the passage that was written in another language.
decipher
Alyssa and Olivia studied and wrote all their spelling words.
studied and wrote all their spelling words
What two types of clauses make a complex sentence?
independent and dependent
What genre am I
*Presents factual details and well-supported opinions
*Attempts to persuade a reader to be for or against an idea
*May include text features such as headings, captions, and labels
Persuasive Article
What type of sentence asks a question and what does it end with?
interrogative
?
It can be dangerous if a driver is _____.
distracted
Jayden and Josh ran, caught the ball and pitched at baseball practice.
ran, caught the ball and pitched at baseball practice
What strategy can help you find text evidence?
reread
What genre include dialogue
realistic fiction
What do you need to make a compound sentence?
2 independent clauses
Inventors need to get _____ for their inventions.
patents
Kyleigh and Dalia cleaned the desks and sharpened the pencils, but Aria vacuumed the carpet.
cleaned the desks and sharpened the pencils
vacuumed the carpet
Name 5 words that will show sequence in a story?
Answers will vary