GMAS Flashcards

The cards I have made for you will help you review most of what we have learned to prepare for GMAS

Text Structure: Description

This text describes characteristics of something.

Text Structure: Compare and Contrast

This text discusses similarities or differences between 2 or more things.

Text Structure: Cause and Effect

This text explains events (causes) and the results of these events (effects).

Text Structure: Problem and Solution

This text describes a problem and how it was solved.

Text Structure: Chronological Order

This text describes a sequence of events or steps.

What is Main Idea?

What the text is MOSTLY about.

What is the Central Idea?

What the text is MOSTLY about.

What are key details?

Details that tell MORE about the Main Idea.

What are supporting details?

Details that support and elaborate on the Main Idea.

Define Synonym.

Words that have the same meaning.

Define Antonym.

Words that have different meanings.

What is theme?

The message of the text.

What is setting?

When and where the story takes place.

What is conflict?

The problem in the text.

What is resolution?

The solution to the conflict.

What is the plot?

The steps to solve the problem.

What is the moral of a story?

The lesson the reader learns.

What is a firsthand account?

A description of an event from someone who was there.

What is a secondhand account?

A description of an event from someone who was not there and had to do research.

What is 1st person Point of View?

A character inside of the story tells the story from their perspective.

What is 2nd person Point of View?

The narrator is talking to YOU (the reader).

What is 3rd person Point of View?

The story is told from someone outside of the story.

Simile

Comparing 2 different things with 'like' or 'as'.

Metaphor

Comparing 2 different things; states one thing is another.

Idiom

A phrase that means something different from its literal meaning.

Allusion

A phrase that references a famous person or place.

Onomatopoeia

A word that sounds like the noise it describes.

What is the subject of a sentence?

The who or what the sentence is about.

What is the predicate of a sentence?

Tells what the subject is doing.

What are two strategies you can use when you come across a word you don't know?

1. Look at context clues; 2. Look at morphemes.

Inference

Taking what you read and know to make a good (educated) guess.

Identify

To pick out or spot.

Define

Provide the definition.

Analyze

Examine or think about.

Determine

Decide.

What is Author's Purpose?

P.I.E: Persuade, Inform, Entertain.

What does S.W.B.S.T. stand for?

Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then.

Prose

Type of writing that uses sentences and paragraphs.

Poetry: Verse

One line in a poem.

Poetry: Stanza

A group of verses or lines.

Poetry: Rhyme

Words that have the same ending sound.

Poetry: Rhyme Scheme

A poem's pattern of rhyming lines.

Poetry: Meter

The beat/rhythm/syllables of a line.

Drama: Description

Info about what happened before the play.

Drama: Stage Directions

Explains what actors should do.

Drama: Act

Larger sections of the play made from smaller scenes.

Drama: Scene

A small section of the play.

Genre: Fantasy

An imaginary story with magical features.

Genre: Fiction

An imaginary story.

Genre: Nonfiction

A story that is true.

Genre: Autobiography

A book written by a person about their own life.

Genre: Biography

A book written by another person about someone's life.

Genre: Historical Fiction

An imaginary story about history.

What are Homophones?

Two words that sound the same but are spelled differently.

What are the meanings of each homophone: to, too, two?

To: location; two: number; too: also/excess.

What are the meanings of each homophone: their, they're, there?

Their: ownership; they're: they are; there: location.

What are the meanings of each homophone: your, you're?

Your: ownership; you're: you are.

What are the meanings of each homophone: where, wear?

Where: direction; wear: to put on clothing.

What are the meanings of each homophone: hear, here?

Hear: to listen; here: a location.

Develop

To do or plan something.

Text Features: What is a heading?

A title that identifies the main idea of the text.

Text Features: What are captions?

The words under a picture explaining it.

Text Features: What is a BOLD/italicized word?

A dark and slanted word that has great importance.

Text Features: What is a glossary?

List of words and their meanings from a text.

Text Features: What is a table of contents?

Tells the reader what page to find different information.

What are the F.A.N.B.O.Y.S?

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So; they need a comma!

Poetry: Mood

The feeling of a poem.

Poetry: Repetition or Refrain

Repeating words or phrases.

Drama: The Cast

People or animals in the drama.

Drama: Script

The entire text of the play.

Drama: Dialogue

Text that characters say.

Drama: Sets

The furniture and scenery on stage.

Genre: Folktale

A story passed down through generations.

Genre: Myth

A folktale that explains something about the world.

What are characteristics?

Describes how a person or thing looks and acts.

What is a subheading?

Under the heading, lets the reader know what the section is about.

Character Traits

A character's personality or how they behave.