Reading Skills
The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective
What is point of view?
a statement that cannot be proven true or false
What is opinion?
What is the structure used for SAR's and body paragraphs?
What are the 3 types of author's purpose?
What is PIE, to persuade, inform, or entertain?
written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks
What is dialogue?
What is denotation?
The dictionary definition of a word.
The position the author takes on an issue.
What is a claim?
These words and phrases help connect you ideas and provide fluency in your writing.
What are transitions?
a reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work
What is tone?
the message; univeral lesson that can be learned from the story
What is theme?
a summary or short text that describes the original text must include what abbreviated information from the story
What is BME (beginning, middle, and end)?
This part of the essay has a hook, background information and a thesis/claim
What is an introduction?
The different kinds of conflict a protagonist can face.
Internal and External OR
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Self
Name at least two things you need to consider and notice when reading an expository text.
What are graphics, tables/graphs, maps, captions, subtitles, and bolded/italicized words/phrases?
This restates, answers, and gives reasoning in response to a prompt.
What is a thesis?
the narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character
What is third person omniscient?
This solves the main conflict in a story.
What is climax?
What is connotation?
The feeling or symbol associated with a word.
These should be included in an ECR (Extended Constructed Response)
1. Intro w/ thesis
2. Supporting body paragraph (SEE Structure)
3. 2nd supporting body paragraph (SEE Structure)
4. Conclusion
Identify the SAR Oh NO-NOs.
What are
1. This shows that...
2. Not using text evidence/paraphrasing
3. Using "I statements"
4. Not writing in complete sentences
5. Not intruducing your text evidence
6. Putting explanation or text evidence in the statement