Reading Across Genres
Restating a sentence or paragraph in your own words while keeping the original meaning is called this. (ELA.7.R.3.2)
What is paraphrasing?
This text feature lists chapter titles or section names with page numbers so readers can find information quickly. (ELA.7.R.2.1)
What is the table of contents?
The prefix “un-” means “not.” What does the word “unhappy” mean? (ELA.7.V.1.2)
What is not happy?
A story takes place during a hurricane, forcing characters to evacuate and make quick decisions. What literary element is influencing the events of the story? (ELA.7.R.1.1)
What is setting?
“By the time the test ended, my brain had completely melted into a puddle on the desk.” This line uses extreme exaggeration to emphasize exhaustion. Which S.H.A.M.P.O.O. element is this?
What is hyperbole?
“The wind whispered through the trees” gives the wind human qualities. This type of figurative language is called this. (ELA.7.R.3.1)
What is Personification?
A text explains that plastic pollution harms animals and also explains that people can reduce plastic waste. These are examples of two of these. (ELA.7.R.2.2)
What is Central Ideas?
The root “bio” means “life.” What does the word “biology” most likely mean? (ELA.7.V.1.2)
What is the study of life?
“Friendship” is a topic, but “True friendship requires loyalty and sacrifice” is this.
What is a theme?
The narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters and knows everything happening in the story. This point of view is called this.
What is third-person omniscient?
“Do we really want to live in a world without clean water?” is asked to make the reader think, not to be answered. This is called? (ELA.7.R.3.4)
What is a rhetorical question?
An author uses words like “urgent,” “dangerous,” and “critical” to show a problem is serious. This is an example of the author’s what? (ELA.7.R.2.3)
What is Diction?
“The desert was so arid that not a single plant could survive.”
Based on the sentence, what does arid mean? (ELA.7.V.1.3)
What is dry?
In a story set in a freezing mountain during winter, the character must learn how to find food and stay warm to survive. This shows how setting impacts what? (ELA.7.R.1.1)
What is the plot?
The narrator describes only Maria’s thoughts and feelings, even though other characters are present. This point of view is called this.
What is third-person limited?
A character is described as “as brave as Hercules,” referring to a well-known figure from mythology. This is an example of this. (ELA.7.R.3.1)
What is an allusion?
An author writes: “We waited. Nothing happened. Silence.” This is an example of the author’s what?(ELA.7.R.2.3)
What is Syntax?
Both “slim” and “skinny” mean thin, but “slim” has a more positive feeling. This difference in feeling is called this. (ELA.7.V.1.3)
What is connotation?
This part of a story introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation before the main conflict begins.
What is exposition?
If a dictionary defines “home” as “a place where a person lives,” this is an example of this type of meaning.
What is denotation?
“Deafening silence” and “jumbo shrimp” combine two opposite words to create meaning. This type of figurative language is called this. (ELA.7.R.3.4)
What is an oxymoron?
An author argues that school uniforms are beneficial but also includes a paragraph explaining why some people disagree and says why those reasons are not strong. This part of the argument is called this. (ELA.7.R.2.4)
What is a Counterclaim?
The word “transport” contains the root “port,” meaning “to carry.” Based on this, what does transport most likely mean? (ELA.7.V.1.2)
What is to carry from one place to another?
A story builds tension as conflicts get worse, reaches a turning point where everything changes, and then begins to wrap up. These three parts of plot are called this.
What are rising action, climax, and falling action?
“The thunder boomed and the rain went pitter-patter on the roof.” This sentence uses words that imitate sounds. Which S.H.A.M.P.O.O. element is being used?
What is onomatopoeia?