Reading Skills
big point or most important idea of the story or article.
What is the central or main idea?
the beginning, middle, and end of important events. The story itself.
What is plot?
person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
expresses strong emotions. Followed by an exclamation point or a comma depending on the strength of emotion. Examples: Wow!, Yuck!, Yes!, Holy cow!
What is an interjection?
Rhyme Scheme
What is the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse?
stanza
What is a group of lines in a poem?
the big point or most important idea of a story or article
What is the central idea? (Or main idea)
where and when the story takes place.
What is setting?
tells us more about a noun. Describes the noun. Examples: green, slow, five, stinky, tall, round.
What is an adjective?
a word that sounds like the sound it describes. (Pop!, meow, oink.)
What is an onomatopoeia?
Meter
What is the amount of syllables in a single line of poetry?
couplet
What is a stanza consisting of 2 lines?
point of view in which an all-knowing narrator who is privy to the thoughts and actions of any or all characters.
What is third person omniscient point of view?
the main character in a literary work.
What is a protagonist?
replaces a noun. Examples: I, he, she, they, it, his.
What is a pronoun?
the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning (usually consonants) of two or more neighboring words or syllables.
iambic pentameter (hint: used in sonnets)
What is a line of poetry consisting of ten syllables?
tercet
What is a stanza consisting of 3 lines?
when the characters, setting, and situation are introduced
a character or force in conflict with the main character.
What is an antagonist?
words we use before nouns or pronouns to show their relationship with other words in the sentence. Example: behind (the tree), across (Maple Street)
What is a preposition?
a comparison between two unlike things; usually describing one thing being another (The city was an ocean of lights.
What is a metaphor?
tone
quatrain
What is a stanza consisting of 4 lines?
when the conflict ends
What is resolution?
the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
What is third person limited point of view?
tells more about a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Tells how, how many, when. Example: (He ate) slowly, (she ran) quickly, (we sang) loudly.
What is an adverb?
attributing human actions, emotions, or qualities to nonhuman things (The leaves danced in the wind.)
What is personification?
mood
sestet
What is a stanza consisting of 6 lines?
when the conflict gets the most intense
What is climax?
a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself.
What is first person point of view?
words that show action or a state of being. One of these is required in a sentence.
What is a verb?
a comparison using like or as (My dog is as cute as a button.)
What is a simile?
theme
What is the life lesson, moral, or advice of the story or text?
octave
What is a stanza consisting of 8 lines?
position
What is an arguable opinion that can be defended by evidence?
when the conflict’s intensity begins and develops
What is rising action?
ethos
What is an appeal to expertise?
an exaggeration (My list is a mile long) (I’m so full I could explode!)
shift
What is a sudden change in the mood, emotions, thoughts, structure, or content in a poem?
when the conflict’s intensity lessens
What is falling action?
pathos
What is an appeal to emotions?
idiom
What is an expression that should not be taking literally, but instead stands for something else? (It's raining cats and dogs!)
logos
What is an appeal to logic?