This reading strategy involves moving your eye down and across the page looking for key words or words in bold, or headings and sub headings.
What is scanning.
100
This genre is meant to be read aloud
What is poetry?
100
This type of character is never fully developed and does not change, but can still influence the story.
What is a flat and/or static character?
100
What does the abbreviation C.E.R. stand for?
What are Claim, Evidence, Reasoning?
100
This initial part of your essay is usually general, and could be a metaphor, striking fact or quotation, or best of all, a text-to-self confession
What is the grabber?
200
Scanning works best for reading this.
What is nonfiction/textbooks.
200
This genre is meant to be acted out and performed.
What is drama?
200
This character can be a person or a force, and it usually blocks the main character from achieving his/her goal.
What is the antagonist?
200
This should restate and answer the prompt.
What is the claim?
200
This term means when you give the author/title, setting, main character, main conflict, setting, and beginning/middle/end.
What is a plot summary?
300
this strategy involves reading the first or the first & last line of each paragraph.
What is skimming?
300
This genre is meant to be imagined and dreamed.
What is a short story or novel?
300
These characters in "A Christmas Memory" are in the background, remain unnamed, but still affect Buddy and his friend.
Who are the parents?
300
When doing this, you should usually address each piece of evidence immediately after providing it.
What is explaining/reasoning?
300
This term identifies the main point of your essay, which is stated explicitly in at least one complete sentence, at the end of the introduction.
What is a thesis?
400
Skimming or scanning does not work well for this genre.
What is fiction/short story/poem/novel
400
This genre is meant to be studied.
What is nonfiction?
400
These characters (name any 2) in Chew on This bring the fast-food facts to life and show the reader the real-life effects of the fast food industry.
Who are (name any 2 real people who represent negative effects of fast food industry)
400
The 3 main parts of an essay.
What are the introduction, body, conclusion?
400
These paragraphs are quite similar to the CER paragraphs.
What are body paragraphs?
500
This notetaking strategy involves key words, brief definitions & explanations, and a final main point or summary.
What is cornell notes?
500
This sub-genre is set in the future.
What is science fiction?
500
The sympathetic characters in Chew on This can be thought of as
What is the protagonists?
500
One way to acknowledge other people's opinions in your writing is to use these types of conjunctions such as "Although", "Even though", "While", "Since", "Before"
What are subordinating conjunctions?
500
The best way to finish this part is to return to your grabber.