Reading Skills
Fiction
Poetry
Expository Text
Practice Makes Perfect
100
The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective
What is point of view?
100
the character or force in conflict with a main character
What is antagonist?
100
grouped lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
100
a statement that cannot be proven true or false
What is opinion?
100

Identify the type of figurative language: "John's answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution."

What is a metaphor?

200
the abbreviation for author's purpose and what each letter stands for
What is PIE, to persuade, inform, or entertain?
200
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?
200

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? 

Roses are red 

Violets are blue 

I need the answers to the test 

Can I get it from you?

What is A, B, C, B.

200

a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved

What is a thesis/argument?

200
Identify the type of figurative language: "Micaela and I are going to hang out and shoot the breeze before the movie since we arrived early to the theater."
What is an idiom?
300

the narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character

What is third person omniscient?

300
written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks
What is dialogue?
300

words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true

What is figurative language?

300

How many paragraphs is an expository essay 

What is 5

300
Identify the figurative language: "The thunder clapped angrily in the distance."
What is personification?
400

how the story makes the reader feel is called...

What is mood?

400

"And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep."

The quote from Robert Frost "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is an example of what literary device?

Repetition

400
the feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood?
400


In the expository text, you usually can locate the main idea/topic sentence of each paragraph at the 

beginning, middle, or end? 



Beginning

400

is wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes"

What is a loaded language?

500
a reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work
What is tone?
500

What are the five sections,  of Cinderella on a plot diagram.

introduction/exposition

rising action

climax

falling action

resolution/conclusion 

500

The major divisions in a play are called--

Acts

500

What are the 4 parts of a thesis statement?

claim(argument) + reason 1 + reason 2 + reason 3


500

Identify the figurative language: 

"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.”

What is alliteration?

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