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
The repetition of vowel sounds in words that don't end in the same consonant.
What is assonance?
100
a statement that cannot be proven true or false
What is opinion?
100
Identify the type of figurative language: "I'm going out on a limb to do this for you."
What is an idiom?
200

Language used to manipulate thoughts and emotions.

(Persuasive)

What is loaded language
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 type of poem is this?

There once was a wonderful star

Who thought she would go very far

Until she fell down And looked like a clown She knew she would never go far.

What is a limerick?
200

a statement that can be proven true or false after research is done (two words)

What is a factual claim?
200
Type of poem with a "musical" quality
What is a lyric poem?
300
the narrator is an observer but knows the thoughts and feelings of everyone
What is third person omniscient?
300
Conflict between the protagonist and an outside force.
What is external conflict?
300
A lyric poem with 14 lines and regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm
What is a sonnet?
300
a statement that is generally accepted to be true by MOST people (two words)
What is a commonplace assertion?
300
Identify the figurative language: "Her brothers were the craggy hills."
What is a metaphor?
400
When a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
400

What is an author doing when they:

Describe the characters physical appearance

reveal other characters reaction to the main character

presenting the characters thoughts, speech and actions

What is characterization?
400
A person place or object the represent something beyond itself
What is symbol?
400
Name one thing you need to consider and notice when reading an expository text.
What are text features?
400
Each one of these presents an episode of the plays plot
What is a scene?
500
Statement that gives only two options where there are more AND what genre does this appear?
What is either or fallacy and Persuasion?
500
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.)
500
Name  four 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).
500
A talk or public address whose purpose may be to entertain, persuade, inform or explain.
What is a speech?
500
this type of lyric poem deals with themes like justice, beauty or truth.  It is normally a tribute.
What is an ODE?
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