Reading Skills
The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective
What is point of view?
a statement that cannot be proven true or false. A person's thoughts or beliefs.
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 is the author's purpose?
To persuade, inform, or entertain. (Abreviation PIE)
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
What is a factual claim?
What is a fact?
What is a factual statement?
Identify the type of figurative language: "Micaela and I are going to hang out, but then BAM! A storm came and knocked the power out.
What is an onomatopoeia?
the narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character(Be VERY specific)
What is third person omniscient?
a statement that is generally accepted to be true by MOST people (doesn't mean it HAS to be true) (two words)
What is a commonplace assertion?
how the author creates the passage and puts it together (ex. cause and effect, sequencing, problem-solution, etc.)
What is author's organization?
A shortened version of a larger text that includes the Beginning, Middle, End? (BME)
A Summary
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?
What are Text Features? (include 2 examples)
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 one of the four most common types of poetry and give one characteristic.
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?