Reading Comprehension
Writing Strategies
Literary Devices 1
Literary Devices 2
100

What does it mean to skim and scan a passage?

Skimming and scanning are reading techniques used to quickly gather information. 

Skimming provides a general overview of a text. 

Scanning is used to find specific information within a text.

100

Should you always look at the writing prompts?

YES

100

What is a simile?

a comparison of 2 unlike things using "like" or "as"

Float like a butterfly, sting like bee

100

What is symbolism?

When something, like an object or image, stands for something else

Spring can be a symbol for new beginnings

200

Give at least 2 examples of what you should be doing when you are engaging in active reading.

questioning

predicting

making connections

200

It is important to pay attention to key words.  What are the differences between these key words: 

explain, argue, compare/contrast, analyze  

How would it change how you answer the question?

explain - tell how or why

argue - prove your point

compare - tell the similarities and differences

analyze - look closely at the text

200

What is a metaphor?

A comparison of 2 unlike things that does not use "like" or "as".  Metaphors often say one thing IS something else.

Life is a highway

200

What is imagery?

Descriptive language (words that describe how something looks, smells, tastes, sounds, feels)  that helps create a picture in our minds.


300

What does it mean to visualize while you are reading?

The words create pictures in your mind

300

Tell at least one thing you should do when planning your written response.

find quotes to use

find vocabulary to use

300

What is personification

Giving human qualities to non-human things (objects, animals, concepts)

The sun played peek a book with the clouds

300

What is an oxymoron?

2 opposite words place next to each other for effect

jumbo shrimp 

bitter sweet

400

When you come across a word you do not know, you should try to use context clues to determine the word's meaning.  What are context clues?

The words around an unknown word that give us hints about what the word means.

400

What is a thesis statement?

The main idea or claim of your writing assignment.

400
What is hyperbole?

Exaggeration

My parents are going to kill me.

400

What is an idiom?

An expression or saying

When pigs fly

feeling blue

in a pickle

500

When answering multiple choice questions, give at least one strategy you can use.

Read ALL possible answers

Eliminate answers you know are wrong 

(kick two, keep two)

Pay attention to key words such as always, never, all, none, except


500

Produce a thesis statement about whether or not students should have to wear school uniforms.

Answers will vary but must contain a claim (yes or no to school uniforms) and evidence/reasons that support the claim.

500

What is allusion?

A reference to a well known person, place, thing, book, story, movie, etc.

He is a regular Romeo.

500

What is irony?

Bonus $100 for each type of irony you name and define.

Irony is when something happens that is the opposite of what you'd expect, or when someone says something but means the opposite. 

verbal irony - saying the opposite of what you mean 

situational irony - when what happens is the opposite of what you would expect

dramatic irony - when the audience knows something the characters do not

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