Learning Strategies
Unit 1A - Comprehension Skills and Unit 1B - Author's Purpose
Unit 2 - Fiction
Unit 4 - Poetry and Unit 8 - Drama
Unit 6 - Nonfiction and other Miscellaneous Questions
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This strategy involves who/what/when/where/why and how

What is the 5Ws and H

100

Readers can visualize mental ________ through descriptions of characters, events, settings, facts, sensory language, and figurative language. 

What is images/pictures

100

This is language that appeals to the readers 5 senses (also called imagery)

What is sensory language 

100

This is a comparison between two unlike things

What is a metaphor 

100

This is a text written to inform, educate, or present information on a topic based on facts, research, or history 

What is informational text 

200

You circle this in your question 

What is a verb

200

This is a brief overview of the text conveying the author's main ideas in a logical order

What is a summary

200

_______ ________ is the story's organization that usually includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. 

What are the plot elements 

200

This is the author of a drama

What is a playwright 

200

This is personal reflections about life events, memories, and personal observations about life authored by the subject usually from a first person point-of-view

What is a memoir 

300

You box this in in your question

What is where the answer is located/paragraph numbers

300

This is the reason why the author wrote the text

What is author's purpose

300

This is the attitude and feelings the author has towards the subject they are writing about

What is tone 

300

These reveal the setting, sound effects, and the character's movements and gestures 

What are stage directions 

300

This is a comparison of two dissimilar ideas for the purpose of clarification 

What is an analogy 

400

You do this while reading your story

What is summarize the paragraphs 

400

This is a complete sentence that states the universal life lesson that the reader can learn or infer from the text

What is the theme

400

This point of view uses words like "he," "she," and "they"

What is third person 

400

This is the narrative voice of the poem (it is not always the poet)

What is the speaker 

400

This is an account of a person's life written by another

What is a biography 

500

This is what you should do before you read your story

What is read the questions 

500

You make this when you use information presented in the text to make connections, draw conclusions, and make logical assumptions

What is an inference

500

This is an interruption in the plot's current events to shown an earlier event that provides context for recent or unfolding events

What is a flashback 

500

This is giving human traits and abilities to nonhuman or nonliving things

What is personification 

500

These help identify what type of nonfiction you are reading, such as description, cause and effect, compare and contrast, sequence, and problem and solution

What are nonfiction text structures 

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