Fiction
Drama
Expository
Literary Non-Fiction
Poetry
100
The people in the story
What is character?
100
These words convey the scenery and actions in a play
What are the stage directions?
100
This is what the text is about
What is the topic?
100
The first thinking job for this genre
Who or what is this about?
100
The first thing you should look at to get an idea about the poem
What is the title?
200
The lesson of the story
What is a theme revealed?
200
This is important to know how the character acts, looks, and feels
What is characterization?
200
This can be first, second or third person
What is point of view?
200
Told in front of people usually about actual events
What is a speech?
200
A question to think about when paraphrasing
What is the author literally telling me?
300
The problem
What is the conflict?
300
This is the conversation among characters
What is dialogue?
300
The second thinking job
What is the author telling/teaching me about the topic?
300
A literary device usually used in speeches
What is alliteration, parallelism, allusion, or epigraph?
300
The connotation question (thinking job)
What is the author figuratively saying?
400
Usually happens that the end of a story
What is the resolution or (problem solved)?
400
This is very important to understand the feeling behind the dialogue
What is tone?
400
This a genre similar to expository but has a stronger opinion
What is persuasive?
400
A succinct statement of a philosophy or principle.
What is an aphorism?
400
The A in TPCASTT
What is attitude or tone?
500
List all fiction thinking jobs
Who are the characters?; What is the problem?; How is the problem solved?; What is a theme revealed in the text?
500
A famous playwright that is known for his plays and poems
Who is Shakespeare?
500
The reason the author wrote the passage
What is author's purpose?
500
As Sam Houston said, "We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or parish." is an example of...
What is an epigraph?
500
This is very important to know when reading poetry. Two people can read the same poem and think differently about what it means.
What is interpretive?
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