Non-Fiction
In non-fiction, what does "central idea" mean?
The main thing the text is about.
What does "theme" mean in fiction or poetry?
The lesson, message, or moral of the text.
What are the sections of a poem called?
Stanzas
To show
What is the signpost in the text below?
"The study demonstrates that the attention of adolescents is especially drawn to rewarding information," says Brian Anderson. A psychologist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., he was not involved in the study.
Quoted Words (or QW)
The way an author sees the topic, or his/her perspective on the topic he/she is writing about
What three things do you need to pay attention to to determine the theme of a text?
What is the meaning of the word "bear" as it is used in line 34?
a) to carry
b) to curve
c) to present
d) to sink
"Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide."
a
What does an "objective summary" mean?
Name three non-fiction signposts
QW, CC, BQ, EL, NS, WG
What are the two most common types of author's purpose that you will see on the EOG?
"[The king] was greatly given to self-communing, and when he and himself agreed upon anything, the thing was done. When every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its course, his nature was bland and genial, but whenever there was a little hitch... he was blander and more genial still, for nothing pleased him so much as to make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places."
According to the quote, what inference can you make about how the king rules his kingdom?
The king only trusts himself, he works alone, and he does not anything out of place.
"And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone."
This quote is an example of which type of figurative language?
a) simile
b) verbal irony
c) symbol
d) personification
D
What does "insufficient evidence" mean?
It means that there is not enough evidence (to prove the argument/claim)
Title passage 1
p.3 .....
p. 6....
Q5 b ".........."
Based on the following sentences, what does "saffron" mean? Write your answer AND text evidence.
"But high up, their tops were green and caught the saffron light of the west. He remembered that when a boy, he had thought there was nothing more beautiful than the evening sunshine falling athwart the dark green fir boughs on the hills."
a) green
b) yellow
c) dark
d) west
b "light" "nothing more beautiful than the evening sunshine"
What two effects does dramatic irony usually create in a fiction text?
Dramatic irony usually creates ____________ or ________________.
Humor or suspense
"When a dream is born in you
With a sudden clamorous pain"
Based on the first two lines, what can be inferred about the speaker's experience with dreams?
a) It has been agonizing.
b) It has been ecstatic.
c) It has been amusing.
d) It has been confusing.
A
What does it mean when an incident "propels the plot"?
It means that the event is moving the plot forward, causing more events and feelings to occur.
Name 5 fiction signposts
CC, AA, MM, AM, TQ, WW