Reading Skills
From the narrator's perspective
What is point of view?
the character or force in conflict with a main character
What is antagonist?
grouped lines or a "paragraph" in a poem
What is a stanza?
a statement that cannot be proven true or false
What is opinion?
the abbreviation for author's purpose and what each letter stands for
What is PIEED, to persuade, inform, entertain, explain and describe?
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?
the narrator is an outsider, but knows the thoughts and emotions of all characters
What is third person omniscient?
written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks
What is dialogue?
words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true (metaphors, similes, hyperbole)
What is figurative language?
a statement that is generally accepted to be true by MOST people (two words)
What is a commonplace assertion?
how the author creates the passage and puts it together (ex. cause and effect, sequencing, problem-solution, etc.)
What is text organization?
The first or introductory part of the plot
What is exposition
the feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood?
Name at least two features you might notice when reading an non-fiction or informational text.
What are graphics/figures, sidebars, subtitles, and bolded/italicized words/phrases?
Draw a plot diagram, label the five sections, and identify the parts of Cinderella on your diagram.
What is exposition (Cinderella is unhappily living with her stepmother and stepsisters and made to do all the work.), rising action (All the girls are invited to a ball by the Prince, and Cinderella is able to attend with the help of her fairy godmother only until midnight.), climax (Cinderella loses one shoe.), falling action (The prince's men try the show on everyone in the kingdom, and it fits Cinderella.), and resolution (Cinderella and the prince live happily ever after.)
When the author uses words that "paint a picture in your mind"
What is imagery
What is the difference between an autobiography and a biography?
What is an autobiography is a true story of a person's life written or told by that person and a biography is a true story of a person's life written or told by someone else?