What counts as literature?
Poems, dramas, fictional/narrative stories
What are the paragraphs of poems called?
Stanzas
What word is this the definition of:
An author’s attitude toward the meaning.
Tone
What is the sentence in an informational text that tells you what the passage/text is about?
Thesis Statement
What should you do in the last ten minutes of a testing period?
GUESS AND LEAVE NOTHING BLANK!
How do we find theme?
What does the main character learn from the solving the conflict.
What is the purpose of repetition in a poem?
To add emphasis and importance
What word is this the definition of:
The most important point the author tries to make.
Central Idea
Where can a thesis statement be found in an informational text?
In the very beginning or in the very end.
What does a part of the passage ADD to the story or text?
What four things do you use to figure out a character’s traits?
Dialogue
Words/Thoughts
Feelings
Actions
What is the type of figurative language makes nonhuman things human?
Personification
What word is this the definition of:
Main reason of writing
Author’s Purpose
What is the text structure that gives order of events with explicit dates and times?
Chronological Order
What is information that supports a claim?
EVIDENCE
How do you know something is a key event or detail?
It involves the protagonist and helps move the plot forward. Or
It helps the protagonist confront their conflict.
What is the purpose of metaphors & similes?
To compare two unlikely objects or concepts. To illustrate a meaning.
Ex. “The sun was a gleaming pearl.”
What word is this the definition of:
To examine the parts and see how they work together?
Analyze
What are all five author’s purposes?
Persuade,
Inform, Explain
Entertain, Describe
What is a strategy to help you figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word?
Context clues or connotation
What strategies can be used to figure out the summary of a story?
Answer the Who, What, Where, When, and Why of a story?
Or
Learn the protagonist, conflicts, and events moving it forward.
What word is this the definition of:
The repetition of sounds at the end of words which produces a musical quality & creates unity.
Rhyme
What word is this the definition of:
To Reveal
Emerged
What are the five types of text structure?
Problem & Solution
Compare & Contrast, Chronological/Sequence
Descriptive, Cause & Effect
Which class is Ms. Rodgers’s favorite?
ALL OF THEM