English Language Arts Fundamentals

Grammar

• Tenses:
  • Present Tense: used to describe actions that are happening now
  • Past Tense: used to describe actions that happened in the past
  • Future Tense: used to describe actions that will happen in the future
• Verbs:
  • Action Verbs: express physical or mental action (e.g. run, think)
  • Linking Verbs: connect the subject to additional information (e.g. be, seem)
  • Helping Verbs: used to help form the tense of another verb (e.g. will, would)
• Clauses:
  • Independent Clause: a complete sentence with a subject and predicate
  • Dependent Clause: a clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence

Literature

• Poetry:
  • Rhyming Words: words that have the same ending sound
  • Metaphor: a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
  • Simile: a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
• Prose:
  • Fiction: writing that is imaginary or made-up
  • Nonfiction: writing that is based on fact or reality

Comprehension

• Reading Strategies:
  • Skimming: quickly reading the main ideas of a text
  • Scanning: quickly reading a text to find specific information
  • Close Reading: carefully reading a text to understand the details
• Question Types:
  • Literal Questions: questions that can be answered directly from the text
  • Inferential Questions: questions that require the reader to make inferences or draw conclusions
  • Evaluative Questions: questions that require the reader to make judgments or opinions

Vocabulary

• Word Types:
  • Homophones: words that sound the same but have different meanings
  • Homographs: words that are spelled the same but have different meanings
  • Synonyms: words that have the same or similar meanings
• Word Building:
  • Prefixes: letters or groups of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning
  • Suffixes: letters or groups of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning
  • Root Words: words that have a basic meaning and can be modified with prefixes and suffixes

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