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Find the main idea.
What are guide words?
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What are guide words?
Words that are the same
Words to show you what is on that page
Words that are easy to find
Words that give you clues about meaning
2
Find the main idea.
Frank likes to swim often.
Frank does not swim alone.
Frank is the best swimmer in town.
3
The suffix -ful means....
aftermath
before
not
Full of -
4
The peak of action and conflict:
plot
climax
resolution
exposition
5
The illustration shows an example of ...
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
metaphor
6
What are the steps for a fiction summary?
WWWWWH
SWBST
Details
C&E
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What is a poem?
a composition with verse, rhythm, stanza, lines..
a nonfiction text
A fiction story like a fairytale
a biography
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1st Person Point of View
The main character
An interview
The narrator tells you about a group of people
The narrator speaks as āIā
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Name the text structure.
Sequence
Cause Effect
Description
Compare Contrast
10
The climax of a story is....
the end of the story
the solution of the story
the beginning of the story
the most exciting part of the story
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The underlined word means
full of thought
with lots of ful
did not think
in a way that is ful
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The purpose of a persuasive essay is toĀ
convince the reader you're view is correct
give directions
entertain your reader with a story
explain how to perform an action
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The elements of poetry would
not
include...
stanzas
lines
stage directions
rhyming
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The plot is:
where and when a story takes place
The title of the story
the ending of the story
the events that make up a story
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The prefix
pre
means
before
two
again
wrong
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Summary
Beliefs you make up on your own.
Saying the same thing in your own words.
Opinions based on the text.
Highlights most important parts/main idea of a story/text.
17
A prefix comes
after a word
before a word
prefix?
at the end of a sentence
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Stage directions can be used to-
A
C
B
D
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Simile or Metaphor?
Simile
Metaphor
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Personification means...
to give something the qualities of a person.
to give a gift to a certain person.
to become a better person.
to be a careful person.
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Name the text structure
Compare Contrast
Problem Solution
Description
Sequence
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Fact or Opinion?
Fact
Opinion
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What is a Suffix?
An element added to the end of a word
Other
An element added to the Beginning of a word
The basic Meaning of A Word
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What is a caption?
a picture that describes the text
words that describe each chapter
important words and their meanings
words under a picture that describe it
25
How do authors develop theme?
character words
plot events
all of the above
character actions
26
Pick the
antonyms
now, later
sad, gloomy
hideous, ugly
night, knight
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Name the text structure.
Problem Solution
Cause Effect
Description
Sequence
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Simile or Metaphor?
Metaphor
Simile
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stanza
wisely
later
cloudless
divisions of a poem.
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Fact or Opinion?
opinion
fact
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How do you make an inference?
think about the whole text and what the author teaches
use context clues
use clues from the text and my background knowledge
think really hard and the answer will come to me
32
Hyperbole
The house was so big I needed a map to find my room.
The clouds were marshmallows.
The tall grass danced in the breeze.
The little boy was quiet as a mouse.
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Why are text and graphic features important?
They make us smarter.
They give us extra information to increase our understanding
They use big words like supercalifragilisticexpialidocious:)
They look cool.
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Is this a metaphor?
No
Yes
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An autobiography
tells the events of another person's life
folk tale
fairy tale
a person writes about their own life
36
Is this a metaphor?
Yes
No
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What device does this poem NOT use?
meter
personification
repetition
rhyme scheme
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Poetry Always rhimes
True
False
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ACT:Ā a "chapter" in a play
prose
drama
poetry
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I know a poem is a lyrical poem because ...
it makes me laugh
the poet doesn't use any rhymes
it is about the poet's thoughts and feelings
tells me a story about the poet
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sensory words
imagery
metaphor
simile
personification
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What is a biography
About teddy bears
A story that is written about someone's life but wriiten by someone else
A story about markers
About halloween
43
Which sentences shows personification?
My cat was sleeping.
Chelsey's cat was fluffy.
The sun was racing through the sky.
The man is a pig.
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Which text structure?
Cause-effect
Comparison
45
What is theme?
the solution in the story
the problem in the story
the message the author wants to tell the reader
the conflict in the story
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A poem does NOT have to follow the rules of correct sentence structure.
False
True
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Divided parts of an act.
drama
scene
act
comedy
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What is falling action?
Beginning drama
The drama itself
The middle of drama
The ending Drama
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What does a pronunciation key do?
Confuses me!
Shows how to say the word.
Correctly spells the word.
Shows the definition.
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This illustration shows an example of ...
onomatopoeia
metaphor
personification
simile
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A main idea should always have...
the genre
who, what, when, where, why, & how
a theme statement
the author's opinion
52
A Subheading....?
helps chunk the text into smaller parts related to heading
helps explain complicated words
is at the bottom of a page
describe a photograph
53
Which of these is a compare and contrast trigger word?
Alive
Strong
Better
Juice
54
Stage Directions are...
Instructions written on a script for how actors should speak and act
Instructions for how the lighting should be on stage
Directions for where the audience need to walk to on stage
Directions for how to get to the theatre
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Compare or contrast? I like cats and dogs.
contrast
compare
neither
both
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Stage directions are apart of which of the following?
Story
Figurative Language
Play
Poem
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3rd Person Point of View
Someone telling the story from the outside looking in
Someone that is eaves dropping
The use of different pronouns
Gossip
58
Graphic features are NOT....
photographs
bolded words
maps
graphs
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These are the actors who act out in the play.
characters
narrator
dialogue
act
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What is a lyrical poem?
A rhyming poem that expresses feelings or emotions
An extremely long poem
A rhyming poem that tells a story with characters and a plot
A poem that has no rhyme or rhythm
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The falling action is ?
The ending
the event that tie up loose ends before the ending
The start of all the suspense .
The highest , most exciting part of the story
62
Name the text structure.
Cause Effect
Description
Problem Solution
Sequence
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Call me on your cell phone..... (when you need my help) The call is...
antonym
cause
effect
synonym
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Realistic fiction
include fairy tales, folk talkes, myths, legends, riddles
can create rhythm and repetition
has characters act believably,settings & problems seem real
actual or imaginative science
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The narrator is the ________.
person listening to the story
main character in the story
person telling the story
enemy of the main character in the story
66
Pick the
synonyms
ate, eight
smile, frown
now, later
large, huge
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What does a pronunciation key do?
Shows the definition.
Shows how to say the word.
Correctly spells the word.
Confuses me!
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What is the prefix in the word "disappeared"?
dis
appear
ed
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The prefix
re
means...
again
before
wrong
not
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What should a conclusion do?
tell a joke
serve as a last sentence that is memorable to your reader
test your reader's knowledge of your topic
get the reader interested in your essay
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The suffix -ly tells us....
What something is made of
Possessing something
in that way
something
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What is compare and contrast?
Finding similarities
Finding the cause and effect
Finding differences
Finding differences and similarities
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What is Meter?
the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse
how many words in a line
a unit of length in the metric system equaling 4.2 feet
the times the vowel sound "o" is used
74
Pick the homophones:
do, don't
dew, doe
due, dew
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Using language to portray sensory experiences using the five senses is...
onomatopoeia
personification
foreshadowing
imagery
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what is a narrator??
the person who makes the event.
the person who draw the pictures.
the person who writes the book.
the person who tells the story.
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This illustration shows an example of ...
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
metaphor
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Whats The Purpose Of Poetry?
poetry is to tell stories and show strong emotions.
none of the above
there is no purpose it is boring
to read things
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The suffix -ment means
eat
sleep
action or process
cannot have
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What example of Figurative Language is an alliteration?
The flowers begged for water.
I have told you a million times to stop saying that!
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
The pizza is as cold as ice.
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The rising action is ?
The highest, most exciting part of the story
The start of all the suspense and conflict ?
The ending
The events that tie up loose ends before the ending
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The use of language to create mental images and sensory expressions
hyperbole
imagery
dialogue
irony
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figurative language
Language that is not meant to be literal.
The idea that poems don't have to rhyme.
The beat of the poem.
The pattern of rhymes used in a poem.
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PERSUASIVE writing
...tells the reader facts and details
...tells how two topics are alike and different
...tries to convince the reader of the writer's opinion
...tells a true, or an imaginary story
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Setting is:
how characters interact
the events that happen
when and where a story happens
about five characters
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The prefix
un
means...
before
not
two
wrong
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Is this 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person: Me
3rd
2nd
1st
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Antonyms are ....
two or more words that have the opposite meaning
words that look the same
two or more words that mean the same
two or more words that are spelled the same
