Main Idea & Theme
The main point of the story the central idea
What is main idea?
My mind is an ocean
What is metaphor?
Where the setting and characters are introduced
What is exposition?
This text structure deals with time and/or sequence usually written in order of events, biographies, recipes, and directions
What is Chronological or sequence ?
The 1st thing you should read when you log onto your test
What is the questions?
The lesson or the moral the author wants readers to learn.
What Theme?
Caleb calls Chris ʻcause heʼs comingʼ to California
What is alliteration?
A series of events that occur in a story involves conflict, a turning point, and a resolution
What is Plot?
Use of descriptive words, the author gives a lot of information on a particular subject.
What is descriptive?
When you highlight, circle key details, and jot down your thoughts or thinking in a text, and number paragraphs or sections?
What is "Marking-up" your text?
Found mostly in literature texts not informational texts; usual clues are repeated words, not many text features are used, one must infer sometimes because THIS is not always directly stated
What is theme ?
Use of words in different ways to create a literary image
What is figurative language?
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Nature
Person vs. Self
Person vs. Society
What is types of conflict?
Hurricanes and typhoons are both considered tropical cyclones, and one hallmark of a tropical cyclone is that it contains sustained winds that reach or exceed 74 miles per hour. The intensity of any cyclone is identified by categories numbered 1 through 5 based on a measure known as the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
Hurricanes are tropical cyclones that occur in the Atlantic or the eastern Pacific Ocean. Typhoons are found in the west Pacific Ocean. The area most affected by hurricanes is the Caribbean Sea. Whereas, places like Southeast Asia and the China Sea receive the greatest number of typhoons. Regardless of where it forms, a typhoon always rotates in a counterclockwise direction. Hurricanes, on the other hand, rotate one direction (clockwise) in the southern hemisphere and the opposite direction (counterclockwise) in the northern hemisphere.
A. Description
B. Problem & Solution
C. Compare & Contrast
What is C ?
Read the 1st or last sentence, look at the text features like title, pictures, diagrams, ask yourself what is it the author wants me to know in this text...
What are ways to find Main Idea?
People often refer to taxes in terms of their being much too high. In reality, they are probably even higher than you think, because in addition to the federal income tax we are now studying, there are many other Federal, State, and local taxes, including sales taxes, inheritance taxes, state income taxes, personal property taxes, real estate taxes, and others. These are just some of the most obvious ones.
a. Taxes are much too high.
b. We pay more taxes than we may realize.
c. Inheritance taxes and real estate taxes are unfair.
What is A?
Buzz, hiss, ding-ding
What is onomatopoeia?
When a character does not change over the course of the story; they remain the same throughout
What is Static Character?
Erin and her mother were busy making sugar cookies for a party. Erin's mother was focused on mixing ingredients, while Erin was carefully cutting out various shapes in the rolled-out dough. Neither one thought about the previous batch of cookies that were in the oven until Erin smelled a faint odor coming from the oven. "Oh no!" Erin's mother said, I have to have at least 4 items for the bake sale. Erin thought for a moment, she had remembered that her and her mother had some extra cookie dough left from the previous day in the freezer. "Mom will chocolate chip peanut butter suffice for the bake sale tomorrow?" Erin's mom was delighted and relieved that it wasn't a disaster after all and she would have enough items to sale. They smiled at each other. There was nothing Erin loved more than cooking with her mother.
A. Compare & Contrast
B. Problem & Solution
C. Description
What is B ?
Making an educated guess based on logic and text evidence
What is Inference?
One day, a lion caught a mouse and was about to eat it. Just when the huge teeth were closing over the little mouse, the mouse squeaked, "Wait! If you allow me to live, I will one day do you a great favor."
The lion laughed at the thought that a weak little mouse could ever aid the king of beasts. But since the lion was not too hungry, and since the mouse's suggestion amused him, the lion smiled and let his dinner go.
Several days later, the lion was trapped in a great net laid down by hunters to trap him. The lion roared and struggled, but could not escape. Even his might could not break the bonds that held him.
The mouse heard the lion's cries and ran to help. He gnawed at the net's ropes until they parted and the lion was free. As the lion stepped away from the broken net, he thought to himself that even a small mouse could do a big favor.
What is the lesson learned or possible theme?
A. The lion shouldn't be humble
B. Respect ALL! You never know when you may need help from those big or small; Humble is best
C. Watch out for hunters, and traps with nets
What is B?
The cat got your tongue; you put your foot in that..., I have butterflies in my stomach, why cry over spilled milk... I have eyes in the back of my head...
What idioms?
Taking into consideration: What the character thinks, says, feels, and character's actions
What is Character Traits/ Characterization?
After World War II, both the United States and its Cold War rival, the Soviet Union, began programs in space exploration that came to be known as the “space race”. The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, named Sputnik, in October of 1957. The United States’ first launch of a satellite, Explorer 2, followed nearly four months later in early 1958.
As a result and a direct response to the perception that America was losing the space race, Congress passed legislation creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in July of 1958. That agency began its operations in October of that same year.
A. Problem & Solution
B. Cause & Effect
C. Chronological/ Sequence
What is B ?
When selecting an answer choice on your EOG or any test you must provide _________? to explain why you chose that answer; you should not just bubble in A,B, or C; this can also be written on Think Sheets or scrap paper-- The scrap paper is there for a reason!
What is PROOF or EVIDENCE ?