Unit 1
Vocab Word: A literary technique that places one story inside another story.
Framing
Vocab Word: To change from a fluid to a solid state; made immobile or paralyzed.
Congealed
Vocab Word: Made accustomed; adapted.
Inured
Vocab Word: A long, thin nose of an animal, or tubular mouth of an insect.
Proboscis
Vocab Word: Deeply moving; inspiring intense emotion.
Poignant
Type of Reading Skill: What reading skill is defined as the central message or universal truth that the author conveys through the characters and plot?
Theme
Type of Reading Skill: What reading skill is defined as language that uses unconventional construction or differs from literal meaning to create a more powerful effect?
Figurative Language
Type of Reading Skill: What reading skill is defined as the use of literary techniques, such as humor or irony, to expose the foolishness of others?
Satire
Type of Reading Skill: What reading skill is defined as the representation of information in a minimal or subdued way, and is used for humor or emphasis?
Understatement
Type of Reading Skill: What reading skill is defined as the plot that occurs alongside the main plot?
Parallel Plot
Type of Writing Skill: I couldn't find a writing skill talked about in Unit 1.
I couldn't find a writing skill talked about in Unit 1.
Type of Writing Skill: What writing skill is defined as when a story moves from the present to the past?
Flashback
Type of Writing Skill: What writing skill provides readers with many clues about plot, characters, and tone?
The Exposition
Type of Writing Skill: I couldn't find a writing skill talked about in Unit 4.
I couldn't find a writing skill talked about in Unit 4.
Type of Writing Skill: What writing skill the final stage of the writing process?
Editing
Application of a different Reading Skill: What are THREE important narrative elements?
Plot, Characterization, and Framing
Application of a different Reading Skill: What THREE literary devices contain meaning that is different from what is directly stated?
Sarcasm, Irony, and Understatement
Application of a different Reading Skill: What are TWO elements of a narrative text?
Conflict and Setting
Application of a different Reading Skill: What are the THREE different types of Irony?
Verbal Irony, Dramatic Irony, and Situational Irony
Application of a different Reading Skill: What are the SIX Principles of Visual Art?
Emphasis, Proportion, Contrast, Space, Pattern, and Movement
Application of a different Writing Skill: I couldn't find a writing skill talked about in Unit 1.
I couldn't find a writing skill talked about in Unit 1.
Application of a different Writing Skill: What are the FIVE plot elements?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution
Application of a different Writing Skill: What are the FIVE senses in Sensory Language?
Sound, Touch, Taste, Smell, and Sight
Application of a different Writing Skill: I couldn't find a writing skill talked about in Unit 4.
I couldn't find a writing skill talked about in Unit 4.
Application of a different Writing Skill: What THREE English language conventions are focused on when editing?
Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling