ELA

Question 1

What is cause/effect?

Answer 1

The cause is why it happened and the effect is what happened.

Question 2

What is sequence?

Answer 2

The order in which things are or should be connected.

Question 3

What is main idea?

Answer 3

The most important point of the message the author wants to share.

Question 4

What are context clues?

Answer 4

Context clues are a skill that readers use to figure out the meaning of an unknown word, or words, in a sentence. By looking at the words or sentences that come before and after the word in question, we can use clues to unlock the meaning. These clues can come in the form of examples, definitions or synonyms.

Question 5

What does it mean to draw conclusions?

Answer 5

Drawing conclusions refers to information that is implied or inferred. This means that the information is never clearly stated. Writers often tell you more than they say directly. They give you hints or clues that help you “read between the lines.”

Question 6

What is fact?

Answer 6

something that really exists or has occurred

Question 7

What is an opinion?

Answer 7

a belief based on experience and on certain facts but not amounting to sure knowledge

Question 8

What is theme?

Answer 8

The underlying (big) meaning of the story that can be applied to “life” outside of the story (Tortoise & Hare: Never give up; Slow and steady wins the race.)

Question 9

What is author’s purpose?

Answer 9

The reason for writing: persuade, inform, entertain, or express feelings

Question 10

What does it mean to generalize?

Answer 10

To make broad statements or rules that applies to many examples;

Question 11

What is a graphic source?

Answer 11

A graphic source shows or explains information in the text.

Question 12

What is an example of a graphic source?

Answer 12

Pictures, maps, charts, time lines, and diagrams are all examples of graphic sources.

Question 13

What does it mean to compare and contrast?

Answer 13

When we compare, we look to see what is the same about the two things. When we contrast, we look to see what is different about the two things.

Question 14

What is point of view?

Answer 14

The perspective from which a story is told is known as the point of view of a story. The story can be in first person, second person, or third person point of view, depending on the narrator of the story.

Question 15

What is first person narration?

Answer 15

First person narrative is where events are told by a character in the story - uses words “I/me”

Question 16

What is second person narration?

Answer 16

How-to/technical writing - uses words “you/your;” often uses imperative sentences (begin with verb - telling you what to do)

Question 17

What is third person narration?

Answer 17

Third person narrative is where events are told by someone outside of the story- uses words “she/he/her/him/they”

Question 18

What is a noun?

Answer 18

Person, place or thing

Question 19

What is a pronoun?

Answer 19

Its used in place of a noun; person, place or thing.

Question 20

What is a verb?

Answer 20

It is an action or being.

Question 21

What is an adjective?

Answer 21

It describes a noun or pronoun.

Question 22

What is a climax?

Answer 22

It is the highest point of action in a story.

Question 23

What is a conflict?

Answer 23

It is a problem or struggle between two or more opposing forces.

Question 24

What is a flashback?

Answer 24

Its an action that interrupts to show an event that happened at an earlier time.

Question 25

What is a genre?

Answer 25

It is a category of text.

Question 26

What is a fiction text?

Answer 26

A fiction book is a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.

Question 27

What is a non-fiction text?

Answer 27

A nonfiction book is one that tells you facts and information about the world around you.

Question 28

Name 4 types of fiction text.

Answer 28

realistic, historical, mystery, myth, fable, fairytale.

Question 29

What is a historical fiction?

Answer 29

Historical fiction includes stories that are written to portray a time period or convey information about a specific time period or an historical event.

Question 30

Name 2 types of non-fiction text.

Answer 30

Auto-biography, biography and informational

Question 31

What is a biography?

Answer 31

It tells the story of a real person’s life.

Question 32

What is poetry?

Answer 32

Poetry is a type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader’s imagination or emotions.

Question 33

What is a hyperbole?

Answer 33

Extreme exaggeration to add meaning (I am so hungry I could eat a horse.)

Question 34

What is a idiom?

Answer 34

It’s a word or phrase that has a different meaning than the literal words (I’m feeling “under the weather.”)

Question 35

What is imagery?

Answer 35

Language that appeals to one or more of the five senses.

Question 36

What is a metaphor?

Answer 36

A comparison between two unlike things without using the words “like” or “as” (The blanket of snow covered the ground)

Question 37

What is personification?

Answer 37

It’s when non-human things are given human characteristics. (The flower begged for water.)

Question 38

What is plot?

Answer 38

It’s a pattern and sequence of events in a story: conflict (problem), rising action, climax (when the problem is faced), resolution (when problems is solved)

Question 39

What is a pun?

Answer 39

It’s a play on words that has more than one meaning (A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat.)

Question 40

What is resolution?

Answer 40

It’s how/when the problem in a story is solved.

Question 41

What is a simile?

Answer 41

It’s a comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as” (The snow covered the ground like a blanket.)

Question 42

What is a stanza?

Answer 42

It’s a group of lines in a poem.