TEXTUAL EVIDENCE
Why would an author use an objective point of view instead of a biased point of view?
To help the reader understand both sides of an argument
A person's feelings toward something
ATTITUDE
The narrator's point of view. Provide textual evidence for your answer: "You must get the golden key from the Sugar Toast Forest," said the Peanut Butter Wizard. He knew that their quest would be hard, so he gave them a bit of advice, "All you have is one another, so stick together." Jelly Girl and Banana Boy nodded eagerly. They were both afraid of the Sugar Toast Forest. Neither of them had ever left home before, but they had heard tales, frightful tales.
What is Third-Person Omniscient Explanation: That was third-person omniscient because the narrator reveals the internal thoughts and feelings of more than one character (Peanut Butter Wizard, Jelly Girl, and Banana Boy).
What are context clues?
Words around another word that can help you figure out the meaning of the word.
What is The theme of the story:
The Crow and the Pitcher
A crow dying of thirst, saw a pitcher, and hoping to find water, flew to it with delight. When he reached it, he discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he could not possibly get at it. However, he didn't give up. He tried everything he could think of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain. At last he collected as many stones as he could carry and dropped them one by one with his beak into the pitcher, until he brought the water within his reach and thus saved his life.
If at first you don't succeed, try and try again.
OR Never give up
What word should we use instead of affect?
Some later suggested the sale had an unfortunate affect that was responsible for the team’s struggles.*
A) afflict B) effect C) infect D) correct as is
B) Effect
Using the exact words from the text in your answer to a short response question.
A quote
How can we avoid a dangling modifier in the underlined section in the sentence below.
Quite controversial at the time, subsequent generations of Red Sox fans could never forgive their team for getting rid of a player who became a legend.
Red Sox fans could never bring themselves to forgive
Using a mixture of the author's words and your own to prove an answer, to tell the reader what the author is trying to say.
Paraphrasing?
This statement best describes the structure of the following stanza:
The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day;
The score stood four to two with but one inning more to play.
And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,
A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game.
Stanzas with a regular rhyme scheme create a chronological narrative.
The place, time, period, and atmosphere of a story.
Setting?
The technique being used is: The pen ran across the page.
Personification
Making notes while reading to help with understanding and answering questions.
Annotation?
Which word synonym for "Soak" as it is used in the following sentence?
Games soak up an incredible amount of human time and effort.
drench, absorb, drown, or flood
Absorb
Direct words from a passage to prove an answer.
Text evidence OR A quote