Text Feature Skills
Vocabulary Skills
Reading Comprehension Skills
Writing Skills
Genre Skills
100
What is a text feature?
A text feature is added to a text to make it more clear or more interesting.
100
What does this simile mean?
During the big race, I was as fast as lightening!
It means that I was very fast.
100
What are key details and main idea?
Key details are the important parts of a story. The main idea is the one big point of the story.
100
Which kind of verb can you show me in a game?
Action Verbs
100
What is the difference between expository text and fantasy fiction?
Expository text is true facts and information about a topic while fantasy fiction is a made up story with characters who could not exist in real life.
200
What is that called?
Title or Heading
200
Break this word up into its three parts:
unrepeatable
un
repeat
able
200
Why should you "reread" a story?
You reread to pick up more details that you might have missed the first time that you read the story.
200
Which kind of verb connects the two parts of the sentence together like a paper chain?
linking verbs
200
Why is expository text an important form of writing?
We learn many interesting and important things about the world through expository text.
300
What is that called?
Caption
300
What is a context clue and how can it help you while reading?
You look for context clues in the words and sentences around a word that you do not know. It helps you to understand words that you otherwise would not.
300
What is "problem and solution"? Give me an example of a story that we have read that shows "problem and solution."
A character has a problem they must solve. They create a solution to solve the problem.
Answers will vary
300
Which kind of verb assists the main verb?
helping verbs
300
What is the purpose of poetry?
It expresses how someone feels.
400
What is that called?
Diagram
400
Give me an example of a metaphor.
I am a stuffed pig.
He is a lion!
400
What is theme and why is it important?
Theme is the big lesson of the story, the main idea. It's important because it guides the story.
400
What are the three verb tenses and give me an example of each one.
Past (walked), Present (walks), and future (will walk)
400
Name four elements or types of poetry.
rhyme, rhythm, lines, stanzas, free verse, rhyming, narrative...etc.
500
Name 5 text features that we use in expository text.
maps, photographs, headings, subheadings, captions, charts, diagrams...etc.
500
Explain why it's helpful to use figurative language like idioms, metaphors, and similes in our writing.
It helps to compare things and create mental images for things we might have a hard time describing otherwise.
500
Tell me about "point of view." Give me an example of a character's point of view.
Point of view is the opinion/perspective of a character in a story.
Answers will vary
500
We talked about subject verb agreement in our last class. What does that mean and why is it important?
The subject and the verb have to agree in number (singular or plural). For example,
"The dog barks." not "The dog bark." or "The dogs barks."
500
What is a myth? Can you give me an example of one?
It's a made up story of how something came to be, like "How the Elephant Got its Long Trunk."