Characterization
The author is telling the story from a character's point of view and allowing the reader to know the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
3st Person Omniscient
A venn diagram is used to demonstrate which text pattern?
Compare and Contrast
Why does an author use inferencing?
To keep the reader engaged in the story.
I felt like the food kept calling my name.
Personification
Another word for main idea.
Central topic, etc...
Name the two types of characterization and explain the definitions of each.
Direct and indirect (STEAL)
An advertisement will often use this text pattern.
Problem and Solution
What is it called when the author drops hints about something that will happen later on in the story?
Foreshadowing
BOOM! BANG! CRASH!
Onomatopoeia
What is the subject of a passage?
Who or what the passage is about.
“John snapped at the man without warning,” is an example of indirect characterization. What does it tell us about him?
The way he talks to the other man lets us know he is short-tempered.
Uses the words first, next, last, etc...
Chronological
Make an inference:
Alex had a frown on his face and was dragging his feet as he walked.
Had a bad day, he is feeling down.
He is feeling under the weather.
Idiom
Most teenagers and young adults do not know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. It is a big decision. There are a number of things you can do to narrow the choices. For example you can take an interest test, do some research on your own about a career, try volunteer work in the field in which you are interested, or “job-shadow”, in which you spend a day with a person who is working in a field that interests you.
Finding a career
Which part of a story does the author do most of the characterization?
Exposition
Why do author's use organizational text patterns?
To make the author's purpose for writing clear.
Sally cried and threw toys until she was comforted by her mom.
How old is Sally?
Young
We are never, ever, ever getting back together!
Hyperbole
The United States seems to be in love with the idea of going out to eat. McDonald’s is the king of a subgroup of restaurants called fast-food restaurants. Chances are, no matter where you live, there is a McDonald’s restaurant near you. There are even McDonald’s in the Soviet Union.
McDonald's is very popular!
“The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother.”
Direct Characterization
Many people think that they can get sick by going into cold weather improperly dressed; however, illnesses are not caused by temperature- they are caused by germs. So while shivering outside in the cold probably won’t strengthen your immune system, you’re more likely to contract an illness indoors because you will have a greater exposure to germs.
Cause and Effect
How did you learn to make inferences?
Experience
Reading
Watching movies/tv
He's a couch potato.
Metaphor
What are the two steps to answering a main idea question AND what do you do with the answer choices?
1. What is the subject?
2. Why is the author concerned about the subject?
Do not look at the answer choices first!