Reading Literature
This standard asks you to cite "textual evidence." What does it mean to cite textual evidence?
What is quoting or pointing to specific lines/facts from the text to prove your answer?
The main point, overarching message, or chief focus that an author wants you to understand from an informational passage.
What is the central idea?
Fix the pronoun error in this sentence: "When the students left the bus, he forgot his backpacks."
The punctuation marks used to set off extra, nonessential information in a sentence (e.g., "My brother, who plays drums, joined a band")
What are commas?
A type of writing designed to convince the reader of a specific claim using clear reasons and evidence
What is argumentative writing?
True or False: An objective summary should include your personal opinions and feelings about the story.
What is False?
Text features such as charts, graphs, diagrams, and maps fall into this category of information.
What is visual/quantitative information (or non-text/media elements)?
Pronouns that end in "-self" or "-selves" used for emphasis (e.g., "I made the dinner myself").
What are intensive pronouns?
Roots and affixes originating from these two ancient languages help readers decode unknown 6th-grade words.
What are Greek and Latin?
A type of writing that tells a story, real or imagined, featuring characters, dialogue, and a sequence of events.
What is narrative writing?
A figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as" (e.g., "Her legs felt like wet cement").
What is a simile?
Fact or Opinion: "Lanternfish are the most interesting creatures in the entire ocean.
What is an opinion?
What pronoun should replace the underlined words? "Sarah handed the paper to Marcus and Sam."
What is "them"?
Giving human traits or qualities to non-human objects or animals (e.g., "The wind whispered through the trees")
What is personification?
Words or phrases like however, for instance, as a result, and in addition that help connect ideas smoothly.
What are transition words?
The sequence of events in a story that includes an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is the plot?
True or False: Bold words, captions, sidebars, and headings are all examples of text features.
What is true?
Correct the pronoun shift in this sentence: "If a person works hard, you can achieve your goals."
If a person works hard, he or she (or they) can achieve their goals"?
Words that have the same or almost the same meaning, like "happy" and "joyful."
What are synonyms?
Re-phrasing an author's words into your own words while giving them proper credit.
What is paraphrasing?
How an author reveals a narrator’s or speaker’s perspective or attitude toward the events in a story.
What is point of view?
An author’s main goal for writing a text, typically abbreviated as P.I.E. (Persuade, Inform, Entertain).
What is Author's Purpose
Identify the vague pronoun in this sentence: "When Alex met up with Jordan, he said he was late."
What is "he"?
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence: A) "My dog a golden retriever loves to run." B) "My dog, a golden retriever, loves to run."
B
The sentence near the beginning of an informational essay that clearly states the main point or controlling idea of the whole paper.
What is a thesis statement?