Reading Skills
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Poetry
Misc
Practice Makes Perfect
100
The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective
What is P.O.V?
100
the overall, worldly lesson that can be learned from the story; a repeated idea or lesson in a literary text and often deals with abstract questions, beliefs, or truths
What is theme?
100
grouped lines in a poem
What is stanzas?
100
a statement that cannot be proven true or false
What is opinion?
100
Identify the type of figurative language: "John's answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution."
What is metaphor?
200
the abbreviation for author's purpose and what each letter stands for
What is pie; persuade, inform, entertain?
200
the character or force in conflict with a main character
What is antagonist?
200
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? Roses are red Violets are blue I need the answers to the test Can I get it from you?
What is A B C B?
200
What three things generally happen during the exposition?
What is reader learns of characters, setting and basic situation?
200
Identify the type of figurative language: "Micaela and I are going to hang out and shoot the breeze before the movie since we arrived early to the theater."
What is idiom?
300
the narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character
What is 3rd Person Omniscient
300
written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks
What is dialogue?
300
words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true
What is figurative language?
300
stiff : flexible :: empty : _______________
What is full?
300
Identify the figurative language: "The thunder clapped angrily in the distance."
What is Personification?
400
Name the Plot elements in order...
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
400
candy is to sweet as lemon is to
What is sour?
400
the feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is Mood?
400
What is the difference between an autobiography and a biography?
What is an autobiography is written by a person about himself; a biography is written about a person, but written by someone else?
400
Identify the figurative language: "Her hair was as soft as a spider web."
What is simile?
500
a reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work
What is tone?
500
"All eyes were glued to the TV". What type of figurative language is this?
What is idiom?
500
What is the rhyme scheme? Jack and Jill / went up the hill / to fetch a pail of water / jack fell down / and Jill came tumbling after.
What is A A B C D?
500
Finishing the project in just a week would be a daunting task. What is a synonym for daunting? A. difficult B. simple C. strange D. easy
What is A?
500
Identify the figurative language: "Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August."
What is alliteration?
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