5th Grade SC Ready Skills Review

What is the main/central idea?

• lesson, message, or moral of the story

• summary of the story

• details in the story

• what the text is mainly about

The author's purpose is the author's..

• point of view

• beliefs

• reason for writing the text

• favorite things to write about

When the author tries to convince the reader how to feel or think...

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• bologna sandwich

When the author tries to teach the reader something...

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• Taco Tuesday

When the author writes something for the reader to enjoy:

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• pepperoni pizza

Point of view that uses words like I, me, we, and us in the story or text:

• Ist person point of view

• 2nd person point of view

• 3rd person point of view

Point of view that uses words like they, them, he, and she in the story or text:

• 1st person point of view

• 2nd person point of view

• 3rd person point of view

Which text structure tells events in the order in which they happened?

• cause and effect

• descriptive

• problem and solution

• sequential / chronological

Which text structure uses a lot of details and descriptive words?

• compare and contrast

• descriptive

• cause and effect

• chronological

Which text structure tells how things are alike and different?

• descriptive

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect