Theme
What is theme?
The lesson or moral of the story.
This is the event the starts the main problem of a story.
Inciting Incident
What is mood?
How the audience is supposed to feel after reading a text.
What is controlling idea?
It is the most important overall idea of a nonfiction text.
An SCR should be at least how long?
3-5 Sentence/ A paragraph
Theme is one word. (T/F) If false, what should it be?
False, it should be a complete statement.
This is where the main character faces their main problem and solves it.
Climax
What does a poet or author use to create mood.
Descriptive/ Sensory Language
What helps create the controlling idea of a text?
Supporting Details/ Evidence
Citing evidence is the most important part besides answering the question. (T/F)
True
Theme DOES NOT have to apply to the real world and can just apply to the story. (T/F)
False
This is where most of the story takes place. This is the build up to finally facing the conflict.
Rising Action
What mood is the audience supposed to feel?
Billy's heart skipped as he walked into the pet store. The store was literally crawling with life. There were cute little bunnies scrunching their noses. Colorful fish flashed in tanks decorated with divers and plastic treasure chests. Kitties clawed at carpeted posts. Billy's face featured a smile from ear to ear as he walked past playful puppies and parakeets on perches. He wished that he could live in the pet store.
Joy, wonderment, happiness.
(Random)
What is Author's purpose?
Why the author wrote a text.
What will be in a question that will let you know you will be writing an SCR/ using RACE
The question will say "Provide text evidence"
(Random)
Alice was not happy with product's promise of gradual weight loss. She wanted to lose all of her fat immediately.
What does gradual mean based on context clues?
Happening slowly or over time
(Random) Inferencing
A ten year old kid named Dylan wrote a book to help make people become more aware of his friend Jonah's rare disease. Which detail from the article suggests that many strangers want to help Jonah?
A) The books describes Dylan's experiences
B) The scientists at a university are doing research
C) Dylan's book has raised thousands of dollars
D) Dylan's parents provide ideas about how to raise money
C) Dylan's book has raised thousands of dollars
(Random)
Besides dialogue, what else can a reader use to learn about a character's personality in a play?
Stage Directions
(Random)
What are the main types of author's purpose?
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
You need evidence from both texts if you are writing a comparison SCR. (T/F)
True
What is the theme?
Barry liked playing board games, but he hated losing. He hated losing so much that he would do whatever it took to win, even bending or breaking the rules. He'd steal money from the bank and hide it under the couch cushions. He'd skip spaces while he was moving around the board. He'd shortchange others money that they were owed and argue with them about it. Barry's techniques were effective. He did win most of the games that he played, but the people whom he played with were his friends and family, and it didn't take too long until they caught on to Barry's tricks. They tried to tell Barry to stop cheating. They said that the game wasn't any fun when he cheated, but he didn't listen. He continued with his treacherous style of gameplay, until nobody would play with him anymore. Barry may have won a lot of games, but at what cost?
Cheaters never win; Winning isn't everything
(Random)
What is the author's purpose for this paragraph?:
Immigration contributes to the overall health of the American economy. Despite recent concerns expressed about illegal and some legal immigration to the United States, this country has largely benefited from the skills, talents, and ambition that immigrants bring with them. American businesses gain from a good source of affordable labor, while towns and cities are revitalized by immigrant families who strengthen communities through civic participation and the generation of new economic activity. The United States must continue to welcome new arrivals and help those who are already here; otherwise, the country will lose the advantages it has over other industrialized countries.
To inform.
What mood is the audience supposed to feel?
Amar wiped the sweat from his brow. The sun laid into him as he trekked across the desert. He licked his lips but there was no moisture on his tongue. His mouth was dry. His lips were cracked. He held his hand on his forehead to block the sun, but he still couldn't see over the next dune. The waves of heat obscured his vision. Amar looked up a saw the vultures circling. He felt his legs wobbling.
Desperate, doomed, hopeless.
What details support the controlling: The controlling idea of the article is that fake videos have been around for a very long time.
A) "And you can still view the first moving images of “Bigfoot,” shot in 1967, on YouTube."
B) "There’s nothing new about faking images"
C) "Clever photographers created portraits of living people alongside ghostly versions of their deceased relatives or friends."
A) "And you can still view the first moving images of “Bigfoot,” shot in 1967, on YouTube."
(Random)
How would you restate this question?:
"Describe the purpose of the author’s use of metaphor."
The author uses metaphor to ...