Literacy Genres and Structure
Literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people.
Fiction
What is the brief, overall summary of what the entire story is about.
Central Idea
What is an appeal to the readers emotions?
Pathos
Using nearby words to figure out a word's meaning?
Context clues
What Day is the FAST test
May 6
The way an author creates and organizes a chain of events in a narrative.
The Plot
Motivation for writing a text
Author's purpose
What is an appeal to logic, facts, or data?
Logos
The literal, ditionary definition of a word
Denotation
What are the Test strategies we have been using in Bootcamp?
Two column notes
Highlighting
Deconstruct the question
Process of elimination
Motivation for writing a text
Authors Purpose
What reading strategy involves highlighting key details and writing notes in the margins while reading?
What is annotating
What is an appeal to the author's credibility or character?
Ethos
The emotional feeling or vibe a word carries (positive or negative)
Connotation
What score do you need to past the FAST test
247
time, place, and environment in which narrative events unfold.
The Setting
themes that are relatable to a wide audience, regardless of time period or background. Stories can have more than one universal theme. Some of the most common universal themes include love, power, justice, change, and coming-of-age.
Universal theme
A question asked just for effect, not requiring an answer?
Rhetorical Question
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
Simile
What was the first book you read in Mrs. Lowe's class
The Lord Of The Flies
What does PIE stand for in the authors purpose
Persuade Inform Entertain
refers to deriving a conclusion from facts or premises, or making an educated guess based on available information. Here are some examples of its usage:
Infer
The authors attitude toward the subject revealed through word choice?
Tone
What is the difference between denotation and connotation?
Denotation is the literal meaning and connotation is the emotional meaning.
Before reading a long passage, you should always do this to the first question?
Preview or read them first.