The "Big Idea" or lesson learned (moral of the story)
What is the theme?
100
This is the first step in the PQRSA strategies.
What is to predict?
100
This is an exaggeration to make a point
What is hyperbole?
100
"Love can conquer" is an example of what?
What is theme?
100
A chapter in a science textbook about magnetism is this type of author's purpose.
What is to inform?
200
The parts that make up a story, such as exposition, rising actions, conflict and resolution
What is plot?
200
True or False-you should stop & think as you read and ask questions to aid yourself in comprehension.
What is true?
200
You use 'like' or 'as' to make these comparisons
What is simile?
200
"I ate and ate until I nearly burst!!"
What is hyperbole?
200
How much time do you have to complete the STAAR test?
What is 4 hours?
300
You make an ___________________ when you use information in the text as well as prior knowledge to make a statement that is not directly stated in the reading.
What is inference?
300
You can use these within the reading to help you understand a word you don't know while reading.
What are context clues?
300
Giving animals or inanimate objects human-like qualities
What is personification?
300
When you refer back to a literary work from the past ie. "It rained forty days and forty nights"
What is an allusion?
300
Writing events in the order they happen is this type of author's organization.
What is sequence? (or chronological order)
400
The types of author's purpose are...
What is to entertain, to persuade, and to inform.
400
The 4th step in PQRSA
What is Summary?
400
These are also comparisons, but ones where one thing is said to be something totally different
What is metaphor?
400
Peter Piper picked a pile of pickled peppers is an example of a(n)?
What is alliteration?
400
"Her skin was as white as snow."
What is simile?
500
A character in a story that opposes the protagonist?
What is a antagonist?
500
You should do this BEFORE summarizing the passage(it is also one of your PQRSA strategies)
What is read?
500
Using a SOUND as a word to emphasize something
What is onomatopoeia?
500
What 2 things/skills do you utilize to make an inference?
What is what you know (prior knowledge) and what you read or saw in the text?