Poems/Drama
The conversation between characters in a play or drama
Dialogue
The overall idea from the story, what is is mostly about.
Central Idea.
The attitude the author creates in a text
Tone
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.
Simile
A true story
Non-fiction
A poem with 14 lines
Sonnet
You need to use these to figure out the import ideas in a text or story.
Key Details
An author describes something saying exactly what they mean.
Literal
Two types of figurative Language: The computers at school are dinosaurs, everything takes forever to load.
Metaphor and Hyperbole
Autobiography Vs. Biography
Autobiography - A true story about a person's life, written by themselves. Biography - A story about someone's life written by another person.
A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
Usually found in a fictional story or poem, the overall lesson learned.
Theme
Created by the author, the feeling the reader gets while reading a story.
Mood
The hot summer air breathed down my neck, making me sweat.
Personification
The author's perspective on a topic.
Author's point of view
A pattern of rhyme in a poem is called? How do you check for/identify it?
Rhyme Scheme. Looking at the last word in each line and using letters to mark it to identify the pattern. (AABBCC or ABAB)
When something is implied, not directly stated, in the text and you have to come to a conclusion from what you have read.
Inference
The feelings associated with a word to make it seem more positive, negative or neutral.
Connotation
I am a night owl, I like to stay up really late at night.
Metaphor
The reason an author writes a text. Name and explain the three main reasons.
Author's Purpose. Persuade - to convince the reader of something (or to agree with something). Inform - to give information. Entertain - just for enjoyment.
The words found in italics and brackets that give directions, background information and information about the characters.
Stage Direction
The most important concept the author wants you to know.
Key Concept
Explain verbal irony, situational irony and dramatic irony.
Verbal irony - when someone says something but means something opposite. Situational irony - when someone comments about a situation and then finds themselves in the same situation. Dramatic irony -when the audience knows something that the characters do not know.
Comparing things using the relationship between two known things, to explain something that is unknown.
Analogy (rain:flood:: insomnia:fatigue)
Name the four most important test taking strategies.
Mark the questions for key words. Identify and mark the key details in a text (who, what, why, how), Eliminate wrong choices. Look for evidence to confirm your answer.