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The reason the author writes a certain type of text is known as---
The main message
Summary
Point of view
Author's purpose
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Fiction that involves an event in history. This genre is called-
Science fiction
Historical fiction
Realistic fiction
Myth
3
When a reader uses clues from the text + what they already know to draw a conclusion is called-
Conclusion
Summary
Prediction
Inference
4
The word
convey
means.....
To present.
To discuss.
To make important.
To tell.
5
This type of text informs or explains an idea for a reader. It is called-
Expressive text
Organizational patterns
Narrative text
Expository text
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Name the genre:
a story that may happen in real life with fictional characters or settings
Historical fiction
Fiction
Traditional literature
Realistic fiction
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What are the parts of a text (table of contents, index, etc) called?
Non-ficiton
Extra information
Words, commas, periods and dialouge
Text features
8
The perspective from which a story is told is called ----
Point of View
3rd person
Stalking
1st person
9
Instructions for actors and stage crew to follow are called -
Dialogue
Stage directions
Props
The narrator
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Words and phrases that create imagery by using the 5 senses is known as ---
Fiction
Imagery
Poetry
Figurative language
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Authors use this structure when giving directions or explaining things. Is is called-
Problem and solution
Text structure
Sequential Order
Description
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This type of writing describe people & places that are 'real' and events that really happened.
Fiction
Personal narrative
Poetry
Non-fiction
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Language that helps a reader to visualize the events from a text in a better way is called-
The narrator
Figurative Language
Point of view
Imagery
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Define:
Summary
a long passage that describes the main idea of the story.
a passage that tells you the supporting details of the story
a short passage that describes the climax of the story.
a short paragraph that tells the main events from the story.
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Complete the sentence:
_______ is the ending or final outcome of a story.
Happily Ever After....
Verdict
Resolution
The End
16
Complete the sentence:
______ is also known as the problem in the story.
Conflict
Resolution
disagreement
Issue
17
The message in a text that helps you understand more about life or human behavior is called ---
Theme
Main Idea
Summary
Purpose
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Define:
Onomatopoeia
an exaggeration
uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things
the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
the use of words that imitate sounds
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What is the events that make up a fictional story called?
Plot
Setting
Characters
Climax
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This pattern puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened.
Compare and contrast
Problem and solution
Chronological order
Cause and effect
21
When an author uses clues to help you figure out what events will happen later in the story is-
Psychic Flash
Flashback
Prediction
Foreshadowing
22
Complete the sentence:
______ is the time, place, and environment of a story.
Resolution
Characters
Problem
Setting
23
The way that a story is organized is called-
Story form
Beginning, middle and end
Organizational pattern
Text structure
24
A story written to be performed by actors; a play is called a-
Drama
Fiction
Personal narrative
Biography
25
What a piece of writing or paragraph is mainly about is called the ______________.
Story
Purpose
Summary
Main Idea
26
A fictional story that uses supernatural beings to teach a moral or explain natural phenomena -
Fable
Myth
Folklore
Science Fiction
27
Which term compares two things by using the words "like" or "as"?
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
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Define:
Dialogue
a third person speaking to the reader
a conversation between two characters in a story
a character inner monologue
the story the narrator is telling
29
A type of writing based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
Poetry
Non-fition
Drama
Fiction
30
The story of a person's life written by someone else using 3rd person point of view is called -
Autobiography
Article
Summary
Biography
31
A type of writing used to convince the reader is called -
Declarative
Informational
Explanatory
Persuasive
32
Define:
Genre
a summary of passages
a type of book
a type of literature
a mode of reading
33
Which of the following terms gives human qualities to non-human things?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Assonance
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To say that something is bigger or greater than it really is; "to stretch the truth" is called-
Alliteration
Exaggeration
Lying
Storytelling
35
Small text found near a picture that provides important information about that picture is---
a summary
additional information about the passage
a caption
subtitles
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The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called---
Hyperbole
Similie
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
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This is another name for inferring. evidence + common sense
Schema
Summary
Drawing conlusions
Predictions
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Sentences that give you facts, descriptions & examples to help you understand the main idea is-
Supporting facts
Subtitles
Main Purpose
Supporting details
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Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words is known as-
Prediction
Close reading
Context clues
An inference
40
Define:
Emphasize
to close read
to bring attention to or show
to support
to predict
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When making an inference you should...
look for evidence in the text.
think about what makes the most sense.
all of the above.
Use the common sense knowledge you already have.
42
This organizational pattern shows all the ways that 2 or more things are similar and different.
Problem and solution
Sequential order
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
43
What is a
metaphor
?
a comparison of two unlike things
an extreme exaggeration
comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
a repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
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The words & details that appeal to a readers 5 senses is known as-
Sensory language
Poetry
Imagery
Figurative language
