Collective Nouns, Literary Genre, Author's Purpose: Study Guide

Study Guide:
Unit Test

• Collective Nouns

• Liteary Genre

• Author's Purpose

​Directions: Advance through the slides and answer the questions as you go. Return to a previous slide if you need to. Take your time!

Collective Nouns

Review: What is a noun?

​A Noun Is...

A person - doctor, Marcus

A place - hospital, SWJH

A thing - pencil, car

An animal - cat, dog​

An idea​ - love, friendship

​How do you know if it is a noun?

​1. Is it a person, place, thing, animal, or idea?​

2. Can it belong to someone​? (Could you own it or could you have it?)

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If you answered "yes" to either of these questions, it's likely a noun! ​

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Candy, face, banana, song, highlighter, love​

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​Nouns: Can you find them?

I love to eat hamburgers.​

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Sometimes, I go to McDonald's to get them.​

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​Nouns: Can you find them?

I love to eat hamburgers.​

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Sometimes, I go to McDonald's to get them.​

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Your turn!

Identify the noun or nouns in each sentence. Look for a word (or words) which refers to a person, place, things, animal, or idea. It can be singular (one; such as cat) or plural (two or more; such as cats).

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Multiple Choice

Identify the noun in this sentence.

The bus stops at the red light.

• light

• bus

• stop

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun in this sentence.

The woman is dancing.

• woman

• is

• the

• dancing

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun in this sentence.

She is shopping at the mall.

• she

• shopping

• mall

• at

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun in this sentence.

Harry likes to run.

• run

• Harry

• likes

• to

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun in this sentence.

We are going to Trinidad soon.

• going

• We

• soon

• Trinidad

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun in this sentence.

Faith looks so beautiful today.

• beautiful

• Faith

• today

• looks

Multiple Choice

What is the noun in the sentence:

She will travel to London tomorrow.

• travel

• London

• she

• to

Collective Nouns

What makes them different?

A collective noun is a word used to represent a group of people, animals, or things. Below, each bolded word is a collective noun.

• ​a team of players

• ​a herd of cattle

• ​a bunch of grapes

A collective noun is a word used to represent a group of people, animals, or things. Below, each bolded word is a collective noun.

• a crowd of people

• a flock of geese

• a fleet of ships

Examples:

• Each volleyball team has six players. (singular verb: "he/she" form)

• Our family sit separately in the stadium.​ (plural verb: "they" form)

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If all members of the collective noun are doing the same thing at the same time, the noun needs a singular verb. When the members of the collective are acting as individuals, the noun needs a plural verb.​

​Collective nouns can use either singular or plural verbs.

​Your turn!

Identify the collective noun or nouns in each sentence. Look for a word (or words) which seems singular, but it refers to a group of people, things, or animals.

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Multiple Choice

Identify the collective noun or nouns in the following sentence:

A flock of birds flies over the lake.

• flock

• geese

• flies

• lake

Multiple Choice

Identify the collective noun or nouns in the following sentence:

The speaker faced the audience and began his presentation.

• speaker

• faced

• audience

• presentation

Multiple Select

Identify the collective noun or nouns in the following sentence:

A swarm of bees buzzed around the group of picnickers.

Hint: There are two answers.

• swarm

• bees

• group

• buzzed

Multiple Select

Identify the collective nouns in the following sentence:

A soccer team in England is known as a football club.

Hint: There are two answers.

• footbal

• club

• team

• soccer

Multiple Choice

Identify the collective noun or nouns in the following sentence:

A bunch of purple grapes sits in the black bowl.

• bunch

• grapes

• bowl

• sits

Multiple Choice

Identify the collective noun or nouns in the following sentence:

The 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team won a gold medal.

• U.S.

• hockey

• team

• medal

Multiple Choice

Identify the collective noun or nouns in the following sentence:

The squad of firefighters showed great bravery!

• squad

• firefighters

• bravery

• great

Multiple Choice

Identify the collective noun or nouns in the following sentence:

The committee of parents and school officials will meet on Saturday to discuss the new lunch menu.

• committee

• meet

• Saturday

• menu

Multiple Choice

Identify the collective noun or nouns in the following sentence:

My friend and I walked to the river to feed a gaggle of geese.

• friend

• river

• gaggle

• geese

Multiple Select

Identify the collective noun or nouns in the following sentence:

Whenever the band begins to play, a crowd gathers to watch.

• band

• crowd

• gathers

• watch

​Now, you know about collective nouns!

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​Literary Genres and Forms

Vocabulary and Examples​

a major category or type of literature

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​genre

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a broad genre of made-up ("fake") stories, even if the events could happen in real life

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​fiction

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a broad genre of prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history. Nothing is made-up. ("not fake")

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​nonfiction

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Multiple Choice

Is the following book fiction or nonfiction?

Aliens Love Underpants

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

Multiple Choice

Is the following book fiction or nonfiction?

Merriam-Webster Children's Dictionary

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

Multiple Choice

Is the following book fiction or nonfiction?

A book about how to build a boat.

• fiction

• nonfiction

Multiple Choice

Is the following book fiction or nonfiction?

Enchanted Pony Academy

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

Multiple Choice

Is the following book fiction or nonfiction?

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

a broad genre of writing used to stir emotions and the imagination through creativity, sound, and rhythm. Words are chosen deliberately for style.​

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​poetry

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written or spoken language in its ordinary form, such as in essays, books, articles, and other normal writing. It is written in sentences and uses normal paragraph, punctuation, and grammatical structure.

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​prose

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a broad genre of literature that is written for the purpose of being performed by actors in front of an audience; written in the form of a script

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​drama

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Multiple Choice

If writing is in full sentences and paragraphs like this picture, it is...

• Poetry

• Prose

Multiple Choice

If writing takes a new line for effect or style, not because it has reached the end of the line, it is probably...

• Poetry

• Prose

Multiple Choice

Birthday cards and other greeting cards often contain...

• Prose

• Poetry

Multiple Choice

Which type of writing often has a rhythm when it is read? The author often pays attention to the number of syllables when it is read and uses that as part of the style.

• Poetry

• Prose

Multiple Choice

Give a trait of prose.

• written in paragraph form and does not rhyme

• a rhyming story with stanzas

• a script that people can act out

• a song

Multiple Choice

Give a trait of drama.

• rumors someone starts about someone else

• a movie that is sad or dramatic

• a story being acted out for an audience

Multiple Choice

Give a trait of poetry.

• Paragraph form writing with no rhyming

• Artistic writing with imagery, rhythm, stanzas, and sometimes rhyme.

• play for theater, radio or television

• A book or newspaper article

Multiple Choice

What is a script?

• the words that characters say in a play

• a style of handwriting

• the first half of a play

• the items that characters use in a play

Multiple Choice

What is an example of prose writing?

• the song, "I Just Can't Wait To Be King"

• the book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid

• the poem, "Dear Basketball"

• the play, James and the Giant Peach

a form of longer fiction, usually having a plot and characters​

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​novel

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a form of brief fiction, usually having a single theme, limited setting, and few characters. It makes its "point" quickly without too much story development.​

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​short story

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a form of fiction that combines the compression of the short story with expanded ideas and character development of the short novel

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​novella

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Multiple Choice

This is a brief story which someone can usually read in one sitting, but it contains the important elements of a long story.

• short story

• novel

• novella

• poem

Multiple Choice

These all look like examples of...

• novellas

• novels

• dramas

• poems

a genre of fictional stories that have their origins in the oral tradition of story-telling and have been handed down through generations; examples include fables, folk tales, fairy tales, myths, legends, and nursery rhymes.​

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​traditional literature

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a genre of suspenseful fiction about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story​

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​mystery

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a genre of fiction that involves magical elements, usually set in an unreal universe or world and contains unreal characters such as monsters, wizards, or unicorns​

​fantasy

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a genre of fiction based on imagined advances in science and technology in the distant future and frequently takes place through outer space or on other planets​

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​science fiction

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a genre of realistic fiction that involves an important past event and usually involves famous facts, events, or people from the past​

​historical fiction

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a genre of fiction that creates a believable story using made-up characters​

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​realistic fiction

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a genre of nonfiction about a person's life, but written by another person

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​biography

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a genre of nonfiction about someone's own life, and it is written by that person​

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​autobiography

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a genre of nonfiction that presents factual information in a format which tells a story (similar to the style of realistic fiction, but this is real)​

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​narrative nonfiction

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a genre of nonfiction such as magazines, newspapers, and journals which normally prints informational articles in regular intervals: daily, weekly, etc.​

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​periodical

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a genre of nonfiction which provides background information or quick facts on any given topic (in alphabetical order), and examples include encyclopedias, dictionaries, magazines, and the Internet​

​reference materials

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Multiple Choice

a genre of nonfiction which provides background information or quick facts on any given topic (in alphabetical order), and examples include encyclopedias, dictionaries, magazines, and the Internet

• short story

• genre

• biography

• reference materials

Multiple Choice

a genre of fictional stories that have their origins in the oral tradition of story-telling and have been handed down through generations; examples include fables, folk tales, fairy tales, myths, legends, and nursery rhymes.

• science fiction

• mystery

• periodical

• traditional literature

Multiple Choice

a genre of nonfiction such as magazines, newspapers, and journals which normally prints informational articles in regular intervals: daily, weekly, etc.

• periodical

• novel

• fantasy

• biography

Multiple Choice

a genre of nonfiction about a person's life, but written by another person

• autobiography

• poetry

• drama

• biography

Multiple Choice

a genre of fiction that creates a believable story using made-up characters

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

• biography

• science fiction

Multiple Choice

a genre of fiction based on imagined advances in science and technology in the distant future and frequently takes place through outer space or on other planets

• science fiction

• periodical

• traditional literature

• realistic fiction

Multiple Choice

a genre of nonfiction about someone's own life, and it is written by that person

• drama

• genre

• autobiography

• novella

Multiple Choice

a genre of realistic fiction that involves an important past event and usually involves famous facts, events, or people from the past

• science fiction

• historical fiction

• mystery

• reference materials

Multiple Choice

a genre of suspenseful fiction about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story

• biography

• fantasy

• narrative nonfiction

• mystery

Multiple Choice

a genre of fiction that involves magical elements, usually set in an unreal universe or world and contains unreal characters such as monsters, wizards, or unicorns

• mystery

• historical fiction

• poetry

• fantasy

Multiple Choice

a genre of nonfiction that presents factual information in a format which tells a story (similar to the style of realistic fiction, but this is real)

• fiction

• narrative nonfiction

• periodical

• mystery

Author's Purpose

It's as easy as P.I.E.

What is the Author's Purpose?

• It is the reason WHY an author sat down to write a piece of text.

• There are 3 main purposes

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• P_ersuade I_nform E_ntertain

Persuade

When an author tries to convince the reader into doing something or thinking a certain way.

Multiple Choice

What was the Coca-Cola advertisement trying to persuade you to do?

• To open happiness

• To buy Coca-Cola

• To visit a meadow

Inform

When the writer gives the reader information about a topic.

Multiple Choice

What was the infographic trying to inform you about?

• Facts about an elephant

• To tell you about why people should buy an elephant

• Why we should hunt elephants

Entertain

When the author is trying to amuse or entertain the reader.

Multiple Choice

What did the author want to do in the previous slide?

• He wanted to tell you about why it is important to laugh

• He wanted to tell you an entertaining story.

• He wanted to inform you about life.

Multiple Choice

What does it mean when an author wants to persuade the reader?

• To convince them to think a certain way or do something.

• To give them information about a topic.

• To amuse the reader.

Multiple Choice

What does it mean when an author wants to inform the reader?

• To convince them to think a certain way or do something.

• To give them information about a topic.

• To amuse the reader.

Multiple Choice

What does it mean when an author wants to entertain the reader?

• To convince them to think a certain way or do something.

• To give them information about a topic.

• To amuse the reader.

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

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