Reading Skills
Fiction
FSA Key Terms
Reading Terms
Figurative Language
100
The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective
What is point of view?
100
the character or force in conflict with a main character
What is antagonist?
100
This show that something is reasonable; for example, your English teacher might remind you to _________the arguments you make in your essay. It can also mean to make excuses for one's actions.
What is justify?
100
a statement that cannot be proven true or false
What is opinion?
100
Identify the type of figurative language: "John's answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution."
What is a metaphor?
200
the abbreviation for author's purpose and what each letter stands for
What is PIE, to persuade, inform, or entertain?
200
the overall, worldly lesson that can be learned from the story; a repeated idea or lesson in a literary text and often deals with abstract questions, beliefs, or truths
What is theme?
200
This term means open to interpretation. For example, you can not argue what a movie's plot was, but whether or not you liked the movie is___________.
What is subjective?
200
a statement that can be proven true or false when research is done. Hint- you write them when you draft essays and short responses.
What is a claim?
200
Identify the type of figurative language: "Micaela and I are going to hang out and shoot the breeze before the movie since we arrived early to the theater."
What is an idiom?
300
the narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character. This type of narrator "knows all"
What is third person omniscient?
300
written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks
What is dialogue?
300
This term means to outline or define something in detail. For example, if you're running for student body president, you'll want to clearly _____________ the differences between you and your opponent
What is delineate?
300
the feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood?
300
Identify the figurative language: "The thunder clapped angrily in the distance."
What is personification?
400
how the author creates the passage and puts it together (ex. cause and effect, sequencing, problem-solution, etc.)
What is author's organization or text structure?
400
Describing a text's main idea, important details, and overall meaning in just a few sentences.
What is a summary?
400
This term means to express, suggest, or show something without stating it directly. For example, a friend’s rude response would_______ that she’s in a foul mood.
What is imply?
400
Words, phrases, or sentences around a word that help determine an unknown word's meaning
What are context clues?
400
Identify the figurative language: "Her hair was as soft as a spider web."
What is a simile?
500
a reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work
What is tone?
500
This term refers to the feeling a word evokes
What is connotation?
500
This term means looking at things in a detached, impartial, fact-based way. For example, if a police officer falls in love with a witness in a case, it might be hard for him to stay __________.
What is objective?
500
What is the difference between an autobiography, a biography, and a memoir?
What is an autobiography is a true story of a person's life written or told by that person; a biography is a true story of a person's life written or told by someone else; a memoir is a true story written by that person but only recalls a specific event or season of ones life?
500
Identify the figurative language: "Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August."
What is alliteration?
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