Reading 1
How someone feels personally about something, their own thoughts
opinion
A statement that can be proven
Fact
"He was as quiet as a mouse" is an example of ___.
What is simile?
to repeat or copy from a story or text (make sure you use "quotation marks" in your answer)
Quote
The narrator is telling the story about the characters, using words like "he, she, they, them"
3rd person POV
when you make a guess based on clues you know and information you learn
infer or inference
information from the reading that helps the reader to identify the meaning of an unknown word
Context Clues
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is personification?
What is wrong with this sentence?
He walked to the store and buy some milk.
The verb tenses don't agree - walked is past tense and buy is present tense.
What does the word conundrum mean in the sentence below.
The broken vase in the empty house cause quite a conundrum when the owners got home.
confusing problem or situation
a problem between two characters in a story
conflict
Telling a story in the correct order is called...
Sequence/Steps/Chronological
What is the beginning paragraph of an essay called?
Introduction
Boom, crack, buzz
What should you do BEFORE you start reading the passages in the OST?
Read the questions and writing prompt to know what to look for in the reading!!
Tells what happened and why it happened
cause and effect
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
a character
To describe how things are alike and how they are different
What is compare and contrast?
something you write or type that is MORE THAN ONE paragraph
essay
tells about a problem (sometimes tells the cause, too) and then gives one or more solutions
Problem and solution
A picture with labels is called what in a nonfiction book?
What is a diagram.
a way to describe the character in a story; tells qualities about the character, describes them
Character traits
when you have to make something easier to understand in your answer
Clarify
How many paragraphs MUST YOUR WRITE on the OST?
At least TWO OR MORE!