Fictional Text
Where a story takes place.
Setting
Give an example of a conflict.
Answers will vary. Should include a problem whether real or fictional.
Given an example of a statistic.
Answers will vary.
1 in 5 people...
90%
300,000 citizens
A group of lines is called a _________.
Stanza
Central idea is the __________ + __________.
Topic, point
Theme
Give an example of an alliteration.
Answers will vary. Should include the same beginning letter/sound.
What is a rhetorical question?
A question asked to make a point or emphasize something. Does not need an answer.
What is one common impact of repetition?
-Emphasizes an idea
-Impacts the sound (rhyme, rhythm)
How is the central idea of a text developed?
Facts
Details
Definitions
Quotes
The problem in a story.
Conflict
Give an example of dramatic irony.
Answers will vary. Should include something the reader knows that the character does not.
Give an example of something that would weaken an argument.
-Fallacy
-Lack of evidence
-irrelevant information
-weak claim
-lack of counterclaim
What can I use my scratch paper for while reading a poem on the FAST?
Break apart and paraphrase each stanza
What do you do when you paraphrase?
Put something in your own words.
The part of the plot with the highest level of interest and tension. Where the conflict is faced.
Climax
Give an example of a theme.
Answers will vary. Must include a universal life lesson.
Deductive reasoning uses _________ evidence with a ___________claim.
Broad/general evidence with a specific claim.
What type of figurative language uses a reference to a well-know person, story, place, or thing?
Allusion
List 3 test taking strategies.
Answers will vary.
Highlight key words in the question.
Process of elimination
Paraphrasing/taking notes on scratch paper
When the reader knows something the character does not know.
Dramatic Irony
Give an example of a claim and 1 piece of evidence that uses inductive reasoning.
Answers will vary Should include more specific evidence with a more general/broad claim.
An error in reasoning is called a ___________.
Logical fallacy
What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem?
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!—
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
ABAB
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Simile uses like or as while a metaphor does not.