Final Exam Review 2

Words or phrases surrounding an unkown word to help you determine its meaning

• context clues

• theme

• inferences

a belief of a group of people, created to explain something in the natural world

• realistic fiction

• myth

• folktale

Before a list in a sentence, use a ...

• .

• "

• :

When an author presents factual information, they are writing to...

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• describe

When an author is trying to talk the reader into agreeing with their point of view, they are writing to...

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• describe

If writing is enjoyable, light-hearted, funny, suspenseful, the author's purpose is to...

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• describe

How would you know that a statement is an opinion?

• All of these answers.

• The point can be argued.

• It is uses feeling words

• It can not be proven with facts

What punctuation mark is used in dialogue, providing evidence, and to show some titles?

• " "

• ?

• '

• ( )

The author uses decriptive language to create a picture in the reader's mind

• alliteration

• personification

• imagery

The message of a text is knows as the...

• central idea

• theme

• main point