Elements of Fiction
Miscellaneous
Elements of Nonfiction
Poetry
Close Reading Strategies
100
One or two words that relate to the big idea of a story
What is The Topic
100
Someone's personal background knowledge and experiences. This is the characters thoughts, feelings, and actions
What is Perspective
100
Text Structure: An article that tells reader what is similar and different about two subjects
What is Compare and Contrast
100
A poem consisting of two lines, where the last word in each line rhymes
What is Couplet
100
Thinking about thinking
What is Metacognition
200
The central idea in a story; the author's message to the reader; written in a complete sentence as a statement
What is The Theme
200
The events and problem of a story
What is the Plot
200
A word or description found at the beginning of a page
What is Title
200
Poem consisting of five lines; fist word is a noun, followed by two adjectives, three -ing words, a phrase, and finally another word for the noun
What is Cinquain
200
To draw conclusions and reflect on information
What is Infer
300
A hint of what is to come later on in the story
What is Foreshadow
300
BOR Vocab: Furiously angry
What is Livid
300
Which text feature helps you identify a specific topic?
What is Index
300
Identify: What I love about school the teachers are nice all of the students are friendly and the subjects are challenging
What is List poem
300
Notes added to the text when reading
What is Annotations
400
Identify the point of view in the example: Susan shared her ice cream with Jake. She thought he was a nice person. Jake did not really like ice cream, but he liked hanging out with Susan, so he did not want to hurt her feelings.
What is Third person omniscient
400
Point of View: Story is told through the eyes of a single character, using pronouns such as he or she
What is Third person limited
400
Text Features: A written explanation found under a picture, chart, etc.
What is Caption
400
This poem starts with one subject or topic and ends with a completely different topic
What is Diamonte
400
Identify 1st, 2nd, or 3rd reading: This is the time when we identify text features/structures
What is second reading
500
a conflict that takes place inside your mind ex: person vs. self
What is Internal conflict
500
Identify the conflict: Joey was planning on attending the party, but his group of friends said he wasn't "cool" enough to join :(
What is Person vs. society
500
Identify the Text Structure: My ice cream has melted because it is very hot outside.
What is Cause and Effect
500
Identify the poem: There once was a man named bob And he spent all day sitting on a log Until he fell off Because of his cough Or maybe he saw a frog
What is Limerick
500
The first time reading a text, we look for ....
What is Main idea, questions we have, the "gist" of the passage
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