from Boy’s Life
The main character from Boy's Life
Who is Cory?
The type of figurative language is seen here: She is as busy as a bee.
What is a simile?
The main message or lesson in a fictional text.
What is theme?
The reason an author wrote a text or what they hope to accomplish with the text
What is author's purpose?
This is an opening statement (which is usually the first sentence) in an essay that attempts to grab the reader's attention so that they want to read on.
What is a hook?
From impatient to understanding..
How does the narrator’s attitude toward Mrs. Neville gradually change?
The type of figurative language seen here: As summer approached, the beach was calling my name.
What is personification?
the attitude the author expresses in a given portion of text
What is tone?
an author's argument stated in a complete sentence
What is claim or thesis?
The last sentence of an introduction paragraph that clearly answers the main question of the prompt.
What is the thesis/claim?
not to be burdened. Clue from text: "I ran out along the corridor, my arms unencumbered by books, my mind unencumbered by facts and figures, quotations and dates." R.L.6.4
What does the word unencumbered mean?
Quack, quack went the ducks as we threw them our stale bread.
What is onomatopoeia?
How a character/narrator sees the other events and characters within the text.
What is the point of view or perspective?
the opposite of the author's claim
What is counterclaim or counterargument?
The context writers should provide in the essay that will show test graders students have comprehended each passage well.
What is background information?
This figurative language is seen in Boy's Life.
"RINGGGGGGG! We all jumped up, like parts of the same squirming insect." R.L. 6.4
What is onomatopoeia?
My heart was a frog leaping out of murky water into clear sunlight.
What is a metaphor?
A comparison between two unlike things that does not use the terms "like" or "as"
What is Metaphor?
A nonfiction text structure that shows the similarities and differences between different topics.
What is compare and contrast?
These are the three different tasks that you might get on the ELA portion of NJSLA.
What is the Research Simulation Task (RST) , Literary Analysis Task (LAT), and Narrative Writing Tasks?
The sentence helps develop the plot of the passage by using this ELA skill. "The world was out there, waiting beyond the square metal-rimmed windows." R.L.7.1
What is conflict?
These are phrases that don't mean what they actually say: "kill two birds with one stone", "break a leg"
What is an idiom?
The type of conflict that arise from within the character, often when making a difficult decision.
What is Internal Conflict?
The way a specific author writes
What is style?
The formula or format that is used when writing body paragraphs.
What is T.E.X.I.?