Plot
The when and where of a story
What is setting?
A book filled with words and their meaning. You are expected to use it during assessments.
What is a dictionary?
When characters are speaking, it is called this.
What is dialogue?
This is what POV stands for
What is point of view?
A good test taking strategy for revising and editing questions
Substituting each answer choice
The problem of a story
What is conflict?
An online tool that tells you what words mean. You are expected to use it on tests.
What is the online dictionary?
Sometimes, author's use this to show what characters are thinking.
What are italics?
When the reader knows what one character is saying/doing/feeling. Narrator says "I".
What is first person?
Punctuation that instructs the reader to pause
What is a comma (,)?
The turning point of a story.
What is the climax?
pre, un, in are examples of this word part.
What are prefixes?
Sometimes, author's use these to emphasize a characters reaction.
What are italics?
When the reader is referred to as "you".
What is second person POV?
You should do this if you don't understand or can't remember what you read.
What is re-read?
The formula for an inference
What is background knowledge + text evidence = an inference
-ed, -er, -ied are examples of this word part.
What are suffixes?
Strategy to analyze a character, starts with 'S'
What is STEAL?
When the reader knows what all the characters are thinking/saying/doing
What is third person omniscient?
What is evidence from the text?
What is a thesaurus?
The name of the author who wrote about his childhood in Harlem and how he had to hide his love of books, and dancing
Who is Walter Dean Myers?
Author's use this POV when they want the readers to know what the character is thinking.
What is third person limited POV?
Author's use this 'funny' attitude to show/tell a 'funny' situation.
What is a humorous tone?