Reading Skills
The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective
What is point of view?
the character or force in conflict with a main character
What is antagonist?
grouped lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
a statement that cannot be proven true or false
What is opinion?
Identify the type of figurative language: "John's answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution."
What is a metaphor?
what should you do when you first receive your test?
What is go to the questions and highlight important information?
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?
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.
a statement that can be proven true or false when research is done (two words)
What is a factual claim?
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?
the narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character
What is third person omniscient?
written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks
What is dialogue?
words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true
What is figurative language?
a statement that is generally accepted to be true by MOST people (two words)
What is a commonplace assertion?
Identify the figurative language: "The thunder clapped angrily in the distance."
What is personification?
how the author creates the passage and puts it together (ex. cause and effect, sequencing, problem-solution, etc.)
What is author's organization? Also accepted: Organized
the author gives subtle hints about what will happen in the future...
What is foreshadow?
the feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood?
Name at least two things you need to consider and notice when reading an expository text.
What are graphics/figures, sidebars, subtitles, and bolded/italicized words/phrases?
Identify the figurative language: "Her hair was as soft as a spider web."
What is a simile?
a reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work
What is tone?
Draw a plot diagram, label the five sections, and identify the parts of Cinderella on your diagram.
What is exposition (Cinderella is unhappily living with her stepmother and stepsisters and made to do all the work.), rising action (All the girls are invited to a ball by the Prince, and Cinderella is able to attend with the help of her fairy godmother only until midnight.), climax (Cinderella loses one shoe.), falling action (The prince's men try the show on everyone in the kingdom, and it fits Cinderella.), and resolution (Cinderella and the prince live happily ever after.)
Name the four most common types of poetry and give one characteristic of each.
What is epic (a poem with a story line and follows the adventures of a hero; usually long and have rhythm and repetition), narrative (a poem that tells a story but is much shorter than an epic poem; usually follows the plot diagram), lyrical (a poem that expresses thoughts and emotions and contains rhyme and rhythm/meter), and free verse (a poem that has no rhyme or regular rhythm).
What is the difference between an autobiography and a biography?
What is an autobiography is a true story of a person's life written or told by that person and a biography is a true story of a person's life written or told by someone else?
Identify the figurative language: "Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August."
What is alliteration?