Poetry
This beats in a word are called this.
What are syllables?
Setting, characters, plot, conflict and resolution build the foundation of these.
What are stories?
This means to say the main idea of what happened without saying all the minor details.
What is to summarize?
"The earrings were long and elegant, and they were of uncertain origin." Uncertain means....
What is unsure?
When we compare something to another thing using the word like or as it is called this.
What is a simile?
This is how we show the rhyme scheme in a poem.
What are alphabet letters?
This refers to the reason why you, as an author, would write a certain piece... to entertain, persuade, inform...
What is author's purpose?
Good readers always make sure they stop and do this while they are reading.
What is to ask questions, reread, and clarify?
Edward pretended, out of courtesy to Abilene, to listen. But, in truth, he was not very interested in what people had to say." Courtesy means...
When we compare something to another thing by actually saying it IS that thing...
What is a metaphor?
These are groups of lines in a poem.
What are stanzas?
This skill refers to being able to analyze WHAT HAPPENED and THE REASON it happened...
What is cause and effect?
This strategy refers to making pictures in one's mind while reading a text.
What is to visualize?
The mouse was in Rosie's mouth, and Rosie was shaking him back and forth vigorously, growling and drooling. Vigorously means...
What is forcefully or aggressively?
I felt so ecstatic to go up 10 points on my map test that I felt as happy as a spring chicken.
What is a simile?
This is when the poet addresses an inanimate object directly (even though it can't talk back).
What is an apostrophe?
Bravery, personal growth, and immigration are examples all of the underlying message in Esperanza Rising - otherwise known as this.
What are themes?
When we think carefully about a text, breaking it down or judging it qualities, we are doing this.
What is analyzing or evaluating?
The hound caught fox and snatched him up, displaying him triumphantly. Triumphantly means
What is with pride or with victory?
The MAP test taunted me with it's never ending questions. Luckily I passed it anyway because I worked so hard!
What is a personification?
This is the rhyme scheme of the following poem:
Donuts are my favorite treat
There's nothing else I like to eat
Yummy, sprinkled, pink, and round
I'd even eat one off the ground!
What is AABB?
If we analyze characters based on their actions, thoughts, and speech, we know their...
What are traits?
To think of what will happen next based on evidence from the story is to...
What is infer or predict?
In fact, Edward Tulane was so happy to be back among the living that he did not even take umbrage at being referred to as "it." Umbrage means
What is to take offense or to be insulted?
His focus on the MAP test was a laser, blasting out from his eyes.
What is a metaphor?