What do you call a poem with a 5,7,5 syllable count?
What is a Haiku.
What is name for the main character in literature?
What is protagonist
When writing a short response, what do you ALWAYS put in the first sentence?
What is you claim or topic sentence. Restate the Question!
Name the type of figurative language: He ran like the wind!
What is simile
Describe what is meant by the tone of a story
How does the author want the reader to feel?
What should go at the END of a short response?
What is a conclusion sentence or perhaps statement!
When asked a question about the meaning of a word in a story or article, what strategies could you use to decipher the words meaning?
What is use context clues, plug in the choices given, use word parts (prefix, root word)
Karen was a ray of sunshine What type of figurative language is presented in the sentence above?
What is metaphor
What should you do while you read the text slowly?
Annotate - Write the gist or main idea of each paragraph.
What strategy should you use to analyze the questions?
Circle or underline words that you know.
Oh, the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells
Of Despair!
How they clang, and clash, and roar!
What a horror they outpour
What type of figurative language is used in this poem?
What is onomatopoeia.
What are some important things to highlight in non-fiction text?
Dates/time periods, names, places
A repeated idea or lesson in a story is called...
Theme
What do you need to make sure you include in your short response or body paragraphs of your essay?
Evidence and Explanations.
What should you do if some of the questions fit and some don't.
Eliminate answers that don't fit.
Name the poem composed of 4 line stanzas and rhyme schemes.
What is a Quatrain.
In this type of point of view, the narrator is NOT one of the characters and is able to describe the experiences and thoughts of EVERY character in the story
What is third person.
How can you be successful on the essay portion of the test?
Give two details from BOTH stories
or
Follow the bullets and answer each one completely.
While reading the text, what strategy should you use to take notes after each paragraph?
Annotate