A non-fiction text that provides information to the reader
What is an expository text?
100
From this Point of View, the reader can understand the thoughts and feelings of the one speaker as the narrator.
What is First Person P.O.V.?
100
The following is an example of figurative language.
"Your love is like a shield that protects me from harm."
What is a simile?
100
An author uses this part of the introduction of an expository essay to grab the readers attention.
What is the Hook?
100
An author creates this before writing an expository text to organize their thoughts
What is an outline?
200
The text structure in which the author presents a problem and one or more ways to solve that problem.
What is problem & solution?
200
The problem the protagonist encounters in a narrative.
What is the conflict?
200
Identify the figurative language in the line below:
"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair."
What is a metaphor?
200
This sentence describes the main idea of the entire paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
200
The following is an example of which type of poetic sound device:
"While I nodded, nearly napping..."
What is alliteration?
300
The most important idea an author wants to express to the reader; usually found within the introduction paragraph of a text
What is the controlling idea? (thesis statement)
300
When reading a text in this point of view, the reader becomes "part of the story" and is engaged directly with the text.
What is 2nd person P.O.V.?
300
The line below uses which type of figurative language:
"The crowd was tense;
Their backs are straighter than rulers."
What is hyperbole?
300
An author uses diction, imagery and details to help convey a specific feeling to the reader.
What is tone?
300
From this part of the novel, the reader learns the time and place of the story.
What is the setting?
400
By organizing the information in this structure, the author presents a series of events: what happens first, then what happens next, and what happens after.
What is sequence?
400
From this point of view, the reader can understand the thoughts and feelings of all characters through the details in the text.
What is 3rd person omniscient?
400
The line below uses what type of figurative language:
"It blooms in my heart
that rose upon me that grows,
no matter where I leave my heart"
What is symbolism?
400
An idea that readers generate about the text based on information that is provided and their own background knowledge.
What are inferences?
400
Where did I live before I moved to Houston.
What is Austin, Tx?
500
After reading a text, readers can use the information provided to write the main idea and details in their own words.
What is a summary?
500
Narratives usually follow this series of events.
What is the plot?
500
For what is the rose a symbol for?
"It blooms in my heart
that rose upon me that grows,
no matter where I leave my heart"
What is love?
500
An author's universal message to the reader about life.
What is a theme?
500
These literary elements DRIVE the plot of the story.
Name 2 of the 4.
What are character traits, character motivations, conflict, and setting?