Reading Skills
the unfolding or solution of a story.
What is the Resolution
Should you read ALL the answer choices before answering?
What is YES
Identify the figurative language: "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
What is hyperbole
the three types of author's purpose
to persuade, inform, or entertain?
a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
What is an Opinion
the introduction to a story, including the primary characters' names, setting, mood, and time.
What is the Exposition
What should you do before reading the passages?
What is Read the Questions
Identify the figurative language: "The thunder clapped angrily in the distance."
What is personification?
When the narrator is telling the story of others and is not a character in the story
What is Third Person P.O.V.
When the narrator is telling the their own story and is a character in the story.
What is First Person P.O.V.
the story's central turning point—the moment of peak tension or conflict
What is the Climax
When the question asks about a specific part of the reading, should you rely on your memory or look back at the passage?
What is look back at the passage
Identify the figurative language:
"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
Oh, woeful, oh woeful, woeful, woeful day!"
What is repetition
to condense a text to its main points and to do so in your own words.
What is to Summarize
any communication between two characters—generally spoken out loud
What is Dialogue
a warning or indication of a future event in a story.
What is Foreshadowing
Finish this sentence: Don't stress, do your _____!
What is... Don't stress, do your best!
a reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work
What is tone
the feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood
hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words
What are Context Clues