Character Analysis
These two things are a character's external responses.
What are dialogue (words) and actions?
Definition of plot development
What is how the story unfolds through character decisions and events?
Definition of an inference.
What is an educated guess or conclusion?
Definition of theme
What is the message or universal lesson in a story, drama, or poem?
The first step used when reading a long passage. (as learned in class in our reading strategies)
What is chunk the text into smaller pieces?
These two things are a character's internal responses.
What are thoughts and feelings?
The turning point or moment of highest tension in the story.
What is the climax?
True or False. A story can have multiple themes.
What is true?
Theme is always written as a ____.
What is statement?
You should do this after you have read a chunk of text.
What is annotate or highlight the text?
"I am sick of how everybody loves your kindness, and I know that Father loves you best!" shows Manyara's feelings toward her sister Nyasha.
What is jealous, envious, or resentful?
Events following the climax
What is the falling action?
True or False. Making inferences makes reading boring and difficult.
What is false?
Theme is always supported by ____ from the story.
What is evidence?
The conclusion of the story that ties up loose ends and solves remaining conflicts.
What is the resolution?
"Why you must be hungry!" Nyasha gave a yam to the small boy. This shows Nyasha's characteristics.
What are kind, thoughful, and generous?
The series of events that build tension and introduces the conflicts and challenges the characters face.
What is the rising action?
We use these two things to make an inference.
What are background knowledge and clues from the text?
You have to ____ the theme because it isn't directly stated.
What is infer or make an inference?
A good reader always look for this in the text.
What are clues that help us understand the text?
_____ responses are easily noticed by readers and other characters in the story.
What are external?
A scene that interrupts the present story to show events from the past.
What is a flashback?
This supports our thoughts about the story and makes our arguments stronger.
What is text evidence?
True or False. Theme is specific to a particular character or story.
What is false?
The specific examples and information you find in text that supports your ideas, inferences, or backs up what you're saying.
What is text evidence?