Reading Skills
The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective
What is point of view?
Internal or external problem in the story
What is the conflict?
the repeating of words, used to emphasize a point
What is repetition?
A play can also be known as a ...
What is a drama?
The reason for why an author writes something (i.e persuade, recount, describe, explain)
What is authors purpose?
Using you ne information learned and your background knowledge to come up with a conclusion
What is an inference?
how the author organizes the passage (ex. cause and effect, sequencing, problem-solution, etc.)
What is text structure or organizational patterns?
language that appeals to the five senses (helps your picture the words in your mind)
What is imagery?
to break into parts or examine closely
What is analyze?
a short text that includes important information from the story
What is a summary?
Name at least two things you need to consider and notice when reading an expository text.
What are graphics/figures, title/subtitles, and bolded/italicized words/phrases?
Identify and analyze the figurative language
"He could feel his frigid muscles straining, his heart now thumping nervously, a kettledrum in his chest."
What is a metaphor?
What is an emphasis on how loud and booming Arthur's heart beat has become?
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 include what each section means/entails.
What is exposition (settings, characters), conflict (internal/external, the problem) rising action (all the events that take place after the conflict), climax (turning point, someone/something changes), falling action (wraps everything up, tension is released), and resolution (the end)
The 4 steps to analyzing poetry
What is cold read, identify the speaker, identify the mood/tone, and analyze for figurative language?
Read the excerpt and identify the main idea/supporting details.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The story tells of Dorothy, a girl from Kansas, who gets taken by a tornado to Oz, a magical land. In this passage, Dorothy wants to return home to Kansas, so she has gone to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard of Oz for help.
Even with eyes protected by the green spectacles, Dorothy and her friends were at first dazzled by the brilliancy of the wonderful City. The streets were lined with beautiful houses all built of green marble and studded everywhere with sparkling emeralds. They walked over a pavement of the same green marble, and where the blocks were joined together were rows of emeralds, set closely, and glittering in the brightness of the sun. The window panes were of green glass; even the sky above the City had a green tint, and the rays of the sun were green.
What is Emerald City was a beautiful city in all green?
What is the pavement was made of green marble, window panes were green glass, and green marble house were covered in sparkling emeralds?
What is the figurative language? Explain what it means.
Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
What is an extended metaphor?
What is a hard life compared to a rough set of stair with tacks and splinters (opposite of crystal stairs)?