Academic Language

What is a secondhand account?

• A fictional story

• A firsthand account of an event

• A story told by someone who was not there

• A story told by the main character

What is a sentence fragment?

• A complete sentence

• A long sentence

• A question

• An incomplete sentence

Where does the setting of a story take place?

• In the introduction

• Where the characters are

• In the title

• In the conclusion

What does a simile do?

• Describes something without comparison

• Tells a story

• Compares two things using like or as

• Makes a direct statement

What does singular mean?

• Many of something

• None of something

• Two of something

• One of something

What are stage directions?

• The script of the play

• Directions to the nearest stage

• How the characters move and speak

• Instructions for how the story should end

What is a stanza?

• A type of novel

• A paragraph in a story

• A chapter in a book

• Section of a poem

What is the subject of a sentence about?

• The beginning

• The conclusion

• The person, place, thing, or idea

• The action

What is a suffix?

• A complete word

• A word part added at the beginning of a word

• A standalone letter

• A word part added to the end of a root

What does it mean to summarize?

• To retell in your own words

• To predict the ending

• To read silently

• To copy text exactly