Reading Skills
The most important part in a story that is mentioned in the Exposition that creates drama.
What is the CONFLICT
the character or force in conflict with a main character
What is antagonist?
grouped lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
What is an excerpt?
What is A PART OR SECTION OF A TEXT. NOT THE ENTIRE STORY.
A text structure that requires a venn diagram?
What is COMPARE AND CONTRAST.
The acronym for author's purpose and what each letter stands for.
What is PIE, to persuade, inform, or entertain?
The overall, worldly lesson that can be learned from the story; OR a repeated idea or lesson in a literary text and often deals with abstract questions, beliefs, or truths
What is THEME?
What type of poetry is the following poem?
One is famous, one forgotten;
Both, however, we do not know
Either way, they are loved.
What is FREE VERSE.
a statement that can be proven true or false when research is done (two words)
What is a factual claim?
A type of literary device in which the author refers to a moment in history, music, movies, or popular culture
What is an allusion?
A text structure that includes placing things in steps or order of importance.
What is SEQUENCE?
written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks
What is dialogue?
This literary device uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful. They typically do not have a literal meaning.
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
The words written in a play that describe what people are doing.
What is STAGE DIRECTIONS.
A text structure that is written in order of importance
What is SEQUENCE ?
The way an author organizes a written piece of non-fiction work. There are FIVE main ones we learned in 8th grade.
What is TEXT STRUCTURE?
A strategy that we use for fictional text to create a summary or short text that describes the original text.
What is SWBST.
A way for a writer to help the reader see or connect with an image, description, action, or scene by using taste, feel, touch, smell, and hear.
What is SENSORY LANGUAGE?
Background knowledge + Text Evidence =
What is AN INFERENCE.
A type of text structure that is similar to cause and effect BUT WITH AN OPINION.
What is A PROBLEM SOLUTION?
a reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work
What is tone?
Identify the five sections of the plot diagram.
What is EXPOSITION (including setting, characters, and inciting incident) , RISING ACTION, CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION, RESOLUTION.
List the strategy acronym to break down poetry and explain each step
What is SIFT. (Symbols, Images, Figurative Language, Tone & Theme.)
What is the difference between an autobiography and a biography?
What is an autobiography is a true story of a person's life written or told by that person and a biography is a true story of a person's life written or told by someone else?
What is a particular type/style of literature called?
What is A GENRE?