Reading Fiction
This is an unbiased summary of a text
What is an objective summary?
This is how the author writes the story versus how the reader feels when they read the story.
What is tone and mood?
This is a type of writing that develops a real or imagined place or event
Narrative
This is when the subject of a sentence performs the action of the verb
What is active voice?
This verb mood used to express a sense of uncertainty by asking a question
What is interrogative?
This literary term helps support what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from it.
What is textual evidence?
This is the reason the author wrote the story.
Author's purpose (Persuade, Inform, Entertain)
This type of writing examines a topic and conveys ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant information.
Informational
This is when a verb acts as an adjective. It ends in -ed or -ing.
What is a participle?
This verb mood is used to express a command
What is imperative?
This is the lesson you can take from the story and apply it to your life.
What is the theme?
This is how the story is written.
What is point of view? (1st, 2nd, 3rd Omniscient, 3rd Limited)
This type of writing presents an argument and supports claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Argumentative
This is when the subject of a sentence receives the action.
What is passive voice?
This verb mood is used to express a fact or statement.
These are the exact words of a character with quotation marks around it.
What is dialogue?
This is the most important point the author is making.
Central Idea (AKA Main Idea)
This is a word, phrase, or clause that links one idea to the next.
What is a transition?
This is a verb that acts as a noun and always ends in -ing.
What is a gerund?
This verb mood is used to express a wish, doubt, demand, or a hypothetical situation.
What is subjunctive?
This is when the reader knows something that the author does not.
What is dramatic irony?
The figurative meaning and literal meaning of words.
What is connotation and denotation?
These are the people who will be reading the piece of writing.
What is the Audience?
This is a verb that acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb. You can identify this by looking for to + verb.
What is an infinitive?
This verb mood is used to express a condition statement.
What is conditional?