Strategies
Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
General
100
The closing paragraph in an essay
Conclusion
100
the main actors in a story are called _______________. They can be people, animals, or other creatures.
Characters
100
To examine and consider the similarities and differences between two or more objects, ideas, or people
Compare and contrast
100
language that does not mean exactly what it says; two examples are similes and metaphors
figurative language
100
forms or types of texts
genres
200
A specific piece of information from the text. Often used in quotation marks.
Text evidence
200
a quality possessed by a character, describes the type of person Examples: determined, hardworking, selfish
Character traits
200
A drawing with labels that shows the different parts of an object or how something works.
Diagram
200
extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
200
an educated guess about a passage based on the author's clues and the reader's prior knowledge.
inference/infer
300
the way in which an article or passage is organized
text structure BONUS: name all 4 types - chronological, cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast
300
The part of a story where the conflict reaches its most exciting part.
Climax
300
the opinion of the author
claim
300
an order in which things happen
sequence/chronology
300
what a story or article is mostly about
central idea
400
How do you answer a short answer question? (to earn 2 full points)
RATTES or IDDS
400
a problem that the main character in a story must have
conflict
400
the point of view expressed by a narrator who is part of the story; uses the pronoun "I."
first-person
400
lesson or message of a story, poem, or drama
theme
400
a personal belief that cannot be proven true
opinion
500
How do you answer an extended-response question? (to get 4 full points)
Introduction, FADD for each question, Conclusion
500
the person telling the story
narrator
500
a source written at the time of an event by someone who was there
primary source
500
the point of view expressed by a narrator who knows all of the characters' thoughts and feelings.
third-person
500
a brief description of a longer work; only tells the most important details.
summary
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