Skills
The main problem of a story.
Conflict.
A comparison using "like" or "as."
Simile.
The main part of the story, what it is mostly about.
Central Idea or Main Idea.
The strategy you should use to structure/compose a short response.
RACE.
RESTATE
ANSWER
CITE
EXPLAIN
The purpose of an introduction.
To grab the reader's attention and explain what you will be writing about in your essay.
Author's purpose can be broken down into PIE, which stands for...
Persuade, Inform, or Entertain?
"The typical teenage boy's room is a disaster area" is an example of this type of figurative language.
Metaphor.
The person speaking and the place where the story takes place.
Narrator and setting.
When restating a complex question, most students actually forget this step. Comes after R in RACE.
Answer.
Your body paragraphs in your essay MUST include this many pieces of evidence from the texts.
At least 2 pieces of evidence per body paragraph.
The different types of point of views and their definitions.
First Person: my, I, me — narrator, author’s story
Third Person: he, she, they — outside perspective
Third Person Limited: outside perspective on only one person
Third Person Omniscient: outside perspective on multiple people.
Giving inanimate objects human like qualities
Personification
Poets use this methods to say certain phrases and words again and again to emphasize something important.
Repetition.
The number of pieces of evidence that you are expected to supply for each short response.
2.
The purpose of your conclusion.
To summarize your ideas.
A prediction or a guess about the story based on what you already know.
An inference
"Hard work and patience pay off in the end" is an example of this.
Theme.
Poetry is written in this form of lines.
Stanzas.
You must ALWAYS do this AFTER you cite evidence from the text!!
Explain.
The expected number of paragraphs of an extended response. List each part of an essay.
4-5 and Introduction, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion?
The difference between tone and mode.
Tone is from the feelings of the author, while mood is from the feelings of the reader.
A type of descriptive language used to convey meaning in a way that differs from its literal meaning. Includes similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, allusions, and idioms
Figurative language.
The stages of the plot diagram and definition for each stage.
Exposition: introduction of characters, setting, and conflict.
Rising Action: events and problems that develop the conflict.
Climax: is the most important or exciting event. The characters change.
Falling Action: events that help resolve the conflict. Characters find a solution to their problem.
Resolution: end of the conflict/story. Characters resolve their conflict.
In the text it states "___________" OR
The text states, “_____________” OR
The author says "____________" OR
According to the text, it states "______________"
If your essay prompt is an argument, it must include these 4 elements.
Claim, reasoning, counterclaim, and evidence?