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How Can You Determine Main Idea?
Finding the repeated words
Finding Repeated sentences.
Fish Sticks
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What do Compare & Contrast text structures tell you about a nonfiction topic?
Why something happens
Similarities & differences between two things
A problem and how you solve it
The order of events in a period of time
3
Even when things went wrong Anne remained positive.
Where should the comma go?
After Even
After Leslie
Sentence doesn't need one
After wrong
4
Where should the commas be in the sentence?
We saw a chipmunk, deer, and turtle on our hike.
We saw a chipmunk, deer, and turtle, on our hike.
we saw a chipmunk, deer, and, turtle on our hike.
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Which sentence has a comma splice?
We went to the store. We bought milk.
The teacher was angry. The students were too loud.
The dog was happy. He knew his owners had come home.
I love going to the movies, it's so fun.
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A colon is used in...
a sentence to end something following a sentence
a paragraph to conclude something is happening
a sentence to introduce that something follows a sentence
when something is being separated
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Perspective is
what happens in the story
who is telling the story
the way we see, feel or think about things
a really big word
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What are word gaps
Words that confuse us
T.v. Shows we don't watch
Words we do know
Words we don't know
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What's the author's purpose?
To inform readers not to interfere with baby birds.
To encourage readers to help baby birds.
To convince readers to watch birds.
To persuade readers to buy a bird.
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What genre of text did we read as we studied these text features?
Myths
Science Fiction
Nonfiction
Fiction
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Add a comma or commas where needed.
If camels, become upset they may bite.
If camels, become upset, they may bite.
If camels become upset, they may bite.
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After reading informational text, you should figure out the _____.
summary
author's name
problem and solution
main idea
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How does the author feel about technology?
House phones are more reliable than cellphones.
The world will be a better place without cellphones.
Some one needs to create a new version of iPhones.
The creation of the cellphone was a great idea.
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Author's Purpose
The motive or reason for which an author writes, as to entertain or inform
Comprise or contain as part of a whole
The written text the questions are based on
An educated guess
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Which text structure does this passage use?
Problem/Solution
Onomatopoeia
Chronological
Compare and Contrast
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What's the author's purpose?
Entertain
Persuade
Inform
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What is the central idea of the text?
I pulled the covers over my head.
I didn't want to get up.
I always sleep late.
My eyes were closed.
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What is the author's point of view?
Honeybees are amazing.
Honeybees provide us with lots of honey.
Honeybees are not very important.
Honeybees play an important role in farming.
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When quoting from a text, always use...
Exclamation Mark !
Quotation Marks " "
Parentheses ( )
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Which sentence uses commas correctly?
First, we must drive to the store.
First we must drive, to the store.
First we must drive to the store.
First we must, drive to the store.
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The author's purpose was to...
describe the different types of jobs in the U.S. Army
explain the war in Iraq
explain the challenges military families face
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Which text structure?
Comparison
Cause-effect
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Which of these is a comma splice?
I love eating fruit, it is one of my favourite foods.
Rabbits, whilst fluffy, are rather dim creatures.
After visiting the cinema, we are heading to the bar.
After a couple of cocktails, we enjoyed a lovely stroll along the beach.
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What does Jargon mean?
Words by a person.
Jogging.
Certain words by a group.
Reading a book.
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What are the key words for description?
both, like, similarly, although, besides, but, unlike, however
For example, One example is, For instance
first, next, then, suddenly, lastly, finally
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Which text structure would use the key words: first, after that, and finally?
descriptive
chronological
cause and effect
compare and contrast
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What is the definition of commas?
when somebody goes to sleep after a accident.
a punctuation mark at the beginning of a sentence.
a punctuation mark indicating a pause between parts of a sentence .
a punctuation mark at the end of the sentence.
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What is Informational Text?
Non-fiction texts that present facts
Fictional narratives that follow a Plot Diagram
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Identify The Text Structure
Problem & Soultion
Descrpition
Compare & Contrast
Cause & Effect
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How is a central idea developed?
Last sentence in the first paragraph
Last sentence in the last paragraph
Any sentence in the middle of a paragraph
Supporting details
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Are central and main idea the same?
No
Yes
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What should you notice during your reading of informational text?
Questions at the end of the text
Summary of the text
Important words and pictures you make in your mind
Titles and headings
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What do Cause & Effect text structures tell you about a nonfiction topic?
Why something happens
The order of events in a period of time
A problem and how you solve it
Similarities & differences between two things
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What's the author's purpose?
To inform readers that kindergarten improves reading.
To encourage students to read more.
To inform readers of the benefit of full day kindergarten.
To persuade readers to go to school.
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what is the central idea
Why we can only taste sweet things.
Without taste buds, life would be boring.
Taste buds are located in multiple spots.
Why we have taste buds.
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Which of these text structures did we study?
Sequence (a.k.a. Chronological)
Problem and Solution
We studied all of these!
Cause and Effect
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What is a central idea?
The theme of the story.
What the story is mostly about.
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What is the central idea of the text?
I want to have a birthday party.
I will play games with my friends.
I will get many presents.
Many people will come to my house.
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How is a central idea determined in a text?
All of the above
Check that details in the text support the main point
Determined by the topic
Ask "What is the author's main point about the topic?"
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An example of a colon is...
Matt learned Noah is funny
Matt, Kevin, and Macy are friends
Kevin is good at running, jumping, and climbing
Matt learned something about Noah: he is athletic
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Name the text structure.
Description
Sequence
Cause Effect
Compare Contrast
42
Which of these is a comma splice?
Rabbits, despite their twitchy noses, are surprisingly calm animals.
Given how cute they are, it is odd that so few people own snakes.
Ms Kitt will never be a model, she is just too short and old.
Lovely though my house is, I find that I am missing school.
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Which text structure are these signal words for?
problem-solution
comparison
cause-effect
main idea
44
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
Ugh! I have homework, in reading math and spelling.
Ugh! I have homework in reading, math, and spelling.
Ugh! I have homework in reading math and, spelling.
Ugh! I have homework in reading, math and spelling.
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In nonfiction, point of view
establish or strengthen with new evidence or facts
a section of a text
consider in detail in order to discover essential details
is the author's position about a topic
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What's the author's purpose?
Persuade
Entertain
Inform
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What do commas represent?
Pauses in the sentence
The end of the sentence
The beginning of a new sentence
pauses in the book
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Why do you need to know Technical Vocabulary?
To have key terms to help determine the articles Text Structure
To determine the Author's Purpose in an article
To comprehend the contextual meaning of terms
To understand the Central Idea of an article
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Which text structure are these key words for?
problem-solution
comparison
chronology
cause-effect
50
What do you call a technical or specialized vocabulary?
A context
A filler
A jargon
A dialect
51
Which text structure describes something or someone?
Description
Cause & Effect
Compare & Contrast
Sequence
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What is a central idea?
The topic
Evidence
The author's main point
The theme
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What do Problem & Solution text structures tell you about a nonfiction topic?
Why something happens
The order of events in a period of time
Similarities & differences between two things
A problem and how you solve it
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Because, If...then, This led to. These are key words for what text structure?
problem solution
cause and effect
description
sequence
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Which sentence uses commas correctly?
At the party we can eat pizza and we can, play games.
At the party we can eat pizza and we can play games.
At the party we can eat pizza and, we can play games.
At the party we can eat pizza, and we can play games.
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Because, therefore, and as a result are key words for
description text structure
compare and contrast text structure
sequential order
cause-and-effect text structure
57
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
I went to, the store to purchase eggs bacon and milk.
I went to the store to purchase eggs, bacon, and milk.
I, went to the store to the store to purchase eggs bacon and milk.
I went to, the store to purchase eggs bacon and milk.
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What does the author want you to think about the Moon?
that it is a bad place
that you can breathe on it
that it is fun
that you can live on it
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Which sentence uses commas correctly?
Miss Graves asked "Where is my coffee?,"
Miss Graves asked, "Where is my coffee?"
Miss Graves asked "Where is my coffee?"
Miss Graves, asked "Where is my coffee?"
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What's the author's purpose?
Persuade
Entertain
Inform
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Which sentence uses commas correctly?
The snow day was fun but I'm glad we have school today.
The snow day was fun but, I'm glad we have school today.
The snow day was fun, but I'm glad we have school today.
The snow day, was fun but I'm glad we have snow today.
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What's the author's purpose?
Entertain
Inform
Persuade
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How can we find the author's reasons for his opinion?
look at the pictures
ask our parents
go back to the text
ask the teacher
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To solve this, One reason for the problem is… These are key words for what text structure?
problem solution
sequence
cause and effect
description
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How does the author feel about the movie?
The movie is going to be exciting.
The movie is going to be boring.
The movie is going to be long.
Going to the skating rink is better than going to the movies
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What are text structures?
shows how two things are alike
a way to organize ideas
only problems and solutions
different paragraphs in a text
