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Sentences that give you facts, descriptions & examples to help you understand the main idea is-
Subtitles
Main Purpose
Supporting details
Supporting facts
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Name the genre:
a story that may happen in real life with fictional characters or settings
Traditional literature
Fiction
Historical fiction
Realistic fiction
3
What is the events that make up a fictional story called?
Plot
Setting
Characters
Climax
4
Authors use this structure when giving directions or explaining things. It is called-
Problem and solution
Text structure
Sequential Order
Description
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Fiction that involves an event in history. This genre is called-
Myth
Science fiction
Realistic fiction
Historical fiction
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Define:
Summary
a long passage that describes the main idea of the story.
a short paragraph that tells the main events from the story.
a passage that tells you the supporting details of the story
a short passage that describes the climax of the story.
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A fictional story that uses supernatural beings to teach a moral or explain natural phenomena -
Folklore
Fable
Science Fiction
Myth
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Complete the sentence:
_______ is the ending or final outcome of a story.
The End
Happily Ever After....
Resolution
Verdict
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A story written to be performed by actors; a play is called a-
Personal narrative
Biography
Drama
Fiction
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The word
convey
means.....
To present.
To tell.
To make important.
To discuss.
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The reason the author writes a certain type of text is known as---
Summary
Author's purpose
The main message
Point of view
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Define:
Procedural writing
a type of writing used to persuade or convince the reader
a type of writing to inform a reader about a topic
a type of writing used to explain something to the reader
a type of writing that tells "how to" do something.
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The story of a person's life written by someone else using 3rd person point of view is called -
Biography
Article
Summary
Autobiography
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The words & details that appeal to a readers 5 senses is known as-
Figurative language
Imagery
Poetry
Sensory language
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Define:
Emphasize
to close read
to predict
to bring attention to or show
to support
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The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called---
Similie
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
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A story in which events create a feeling of terror in both the characters and the reader.
Adventure
Suspenseful
Fiction
Horror
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A type of writing used to persuade the reader of the author's point-of-view is called -
Persuasive
Declarative
Explanatory
Informational
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Which term compares two things by using the words "like" or "as"?
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
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Language that helps a reader to visualize the events from a text in a better way is called-
Imagery
Figurative Language
The narrator
Point of view
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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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A story that is imagined and has characters and events that could not exist in the real world.
Myths
Non-fiction
Fairytale
Legends
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A type of writing based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
Drama
Fiction
Non-fition
Poetry
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What are the parts of a text (table of contents, index, etc) called?
Words, commas, periods and dialouge
Extra information
Text features
Non-ficiton
25
When an author uses clues to help you figure out what events will happen later in the story is-
Flashback
Prediction
Foreshadowing
Psychic Flash
26
Define:
Onomatopoeia
the use of words that imitate sounds
uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things
the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
an exaggeration
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A story that presents a series of exciting events; often involves journeys or dangerous events.
Science fiction
Adventure
Mystery
Fairytale
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This type of text informs or explains an idea for a reader. It is called-
Narrative text
Expository text
Expressive text
Organizational patterns
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Instructions for actors and stage crew to follow are called -
Stage directions
Props
The narrator
Dialogue
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What a piece of writing or paragraph is mainly about is called the ______________.
Main Idea
Summary
Purpose
Story
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Complete the sentence:
______ is also known as the problem in the story.
Conflict
Resolution
Issue
disagreement
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Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words is known as-
An inference
Context clues
Close reading
Prediction
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Combining inferences you have made about the characters, setting, or plot to make a statement.
Schema
Summary
Predictions
Drawing conlusions
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Small text found near a picture that provides important information about that picture is---
subtitles
additional information about the passage
a summary
a caption
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Which of the following terms gives human qualities to non-human things?
Personification
Assonance
Hyperbole
Metaphor
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When a reader uses clues from the text + what they already know to draw a conclusion is called-
Prediction
Conclusion
Summary
Inference
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Define:
Genre
a mode of reading
a type of literature
a type of book
a summary of passages
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What is a
metaphor
?
an extreme exaggeration
comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
a repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
a comparison of two unlike things
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This pattern puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened.
Chronological order
Problem and solution
Cause and effect
Compare and contrast
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Name the genre:
a story with elements that are impossible; talking animals or magical powers
Legend
Folktale
Fantasy
Mystery
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This organizational pattern shows all the ways that 2 or more things are similar and different.
Cause and effect
Compare and contrast
Sequential order
Problem and solution
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The perspective from which a story is told is called ----
Point of View
1st person
3rd person
Stalking
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Words and phrases that create _____ by using the 5 senses.
Imagery
Poetry
Fiction
Figurative language
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The message in a text that helps you understand more about life or human behavior is called ---
Main Idea
Summary
Theme
Purpose
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The way that a story is organized is called-
Story form
Text structure
Beginning, middle and end
Organizational pattern
46
Complete the sentence:
______ is when & where the story takes place.
Characters
Problem
Resolution
Setting
47
Define:
Dialogue
a character inner monologue
a conversation between two characters in a story
the story the narrator is telling
a third person speaking to the reader
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To say that something is bigger or greater than it really is; "to stretch the truth" is called-
Exaggeration
Lying
Alliteration
Storytelling