MAP Growth vocab

what is "opinion"?

• The person telling a story.

• Writing that tries to make you agree with the author.

• A personal view that cannot be proved.

• The reason the author writes something.

What is "1st person narrator"?

• The story is told by a character in the story.

• The story is told by a character not in the story.

• When the person telling the story talks to ‘you’.

• The story is told by the author

Which is a metaphor?

• He is as fast as a horse.

• Her hair was a long flowing river.

What is "main idea"?

• The message of a story.

• A general idea that runs all the way through a passage or text.

• The specific details that tell us information.

• The way a text is organized.

What is "author's purpose"?

• The message of a story.

• When an author writes to give us information.

• The subject of a text.

• The reason an author wrote a text.

What are "details"?

• Something that can be proved to be true.

• Specific information that supports the main idea.

• The subject of a text.

• When an author writes to give information.

What is "make an inference"?

• Something that can be proved to be true.

• A comparison that uses ‘like’ or ‘as ___ as’.

• To make a guess about something.

• To figure something out based on evidence from the text and your own knowledge.

What is "writing to

entertain"?

• To write something for fun and enjoyment.

• To write something to make someone agree with you.

• To write something to give information.

What is "text structure"?

• To write about what is similar and different about 2 things.

• To write about something in an order.

• The way a text is organized.

• The reason an author writes a text.

What is "3rd person omniscient"?

• The story is told by a narrator who is not a character in the story - the narrator knows everything.

• The story is told by a narrator who is not a character in the story - the narrator knows about only the thoughts and feelings of one character.