RW Skills Review - 3rd Grade

What is theme?

• what the story is all about

• the author's opinion

• the lesson you learn from a story

• someone's point of view

What a story is all about

• theme

• main idea

• point of view

• sequencing

What is author's viewpoint?

• the message or lesson the author wants to teach

• what the author thinks/feels about a topic

• what the author sees

• what the author reads

first person point of view is

• when the character tells the story and is IN it

• when a character is telling a story but NOT in it

• how the author feels about the topic

third person point of view is

• when the character tells the story and is IN it

• when a character is telling a story but NOT in it

• how the author feels about the topic

when you put the story in correct order

• main idea

• summarizing

• sequencing

• ordering

Words that have OPPOSITE meanings

• antonyms

• synonyms

• homonyms

Synonyms are

• words that look the same, but mean different things

• words that have different meanings

• words that have the same meaning

words that look the same, but mean different things

• synonyms

• homonyms

• antonyms

Comparing two things using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• rhyme