Reading Terms
Vocabulary
Reading Information
Language
Writing
100
Central message of the story
What is Theme?
100
emotional high point of the story
What is climax ?
100
Appositive
This word or phrase that identifies or explains the noun that it follow
100
Supporting Sentence
A _____ sentence helps to clarify,describe or explain or enchance the main idea of a paragraph
200
Third Person Limited
When narrator describes events as one character, sees them (he, she him,her) is used throughout the story.
200
Denotation is the dictionary definition and Connotation is the feeling
What is the difference between denotation and connotation?
200
b. has
When the other frogs heard of what had happened they said "Served him right",and no frog since that time _____ ever played a mean joke. Look at the blank in the passage, Which of these completes the sentence? a. had b. has c. have d. having
200
Phrase
This group of words used as a single part speech
200
Thesis Statement
The main idea if an essay, usually expressed as a generalization that is supported with concrete evidence.
300
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution
What is the stages in a story
300
Use of hints or clues in narrator to suggest future action.
What is Foreshadowing?
300
c. was
For the next few years there_____ peace partly because the Danes were being kept busy in Europe Look at the blank in the passage, Which of these answers correctly completes the sentence? a. are b. is c. was d. were
300
d. conditions
Jonathan was bored out his mind.It was a beautiful, hot, sunny, day, and under normal circumstances, he would have called his best friend, Chris. In the first paragraph the word circumstances means. a. rules b. plans c. schedules d. conditions
400
Verbal Irony
When the narrator say something or character but means the opposite is?
400
Subject Verb Agreement
The boys fell in line behind the teacher. The coin fall into the fountain. an example of ?
400
a. bestowed
luckily for you millions of years of evolution has endowed you with a set of automatic weapons that take over in the event of an emergency. Which word be a synonym for the word endowed as it is used in the paragraph? a. bestowed b. divested c. forgotten d. searched
500
b. a horse
If you know the post-office you must've seen Ethan Brooks drive up to it drop the reins of his hollow-backed "Bay" and drag himself across the brick pavement to the white colonnade: and you must have asked who he was. What does it "bay" mean as used in this sentence from the passage ? a. a saddle b. a horse c. a mailbox d. a well-worn chair
500
Flat Character
One who is presented as having a single trait.
500
b. Athletic excellence requires a number of traits: perseverance, skill, aggression, and discipline.
Which of these sentences uses the comma correctly ? a. About for thousand years ago, Stonehenge, was a center of worship. b. Athletic excellence requires a number of traits: perseverance, skill, aggression, and discipline. c. Alice Jones lived at 15, Cedar street NE, Colorado Springs Colorado, 92158.
500
Denotation
The literal definition of a word is called
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