Poetry
The person who is talking in the poem
The speaker
To tell to someone something in detail
Explain or describe
What is the purpose of a non-fiction text?
To tell facts and real information
Should you stay up late and watch tv the night before?
No!
What is this an example of? "Sally sells seashells"
Alliteration
The person who wrote the poem
The poet
To show the similarities between two stories or objects
Compare
What the paragraph is mostly about
The main idea
Should you just 'skim' through the story?
No!
What is imagery?
When the author creates a picture in your mind!
The way the author wants the reader to feel reading the poem
Tone or mood
To tell a story for enjoyment for the reader
To entertain
Why would an author talks about the differences and similarities between two things (hint: text structures)
Compare and contrast
Should you annotate next to each paragraph?
Yes!
What is this an example of : "The fireworks crackled and popped in the air"
Sensory language - you can hear the fireworks making the noises as they went off
This is like a paragraph in the poem
Stanza
To show or to tell someone something
Convey
To make a guess based off what you read and what you already know
To infer
Is eliminating answer choices that you know are not a good choice a good strategy?
Yes!
Someone was going to try to do something
Words that appeal to your five senses (taste, smell, touch, sight, hear)
Sensory Language
When the author is trying to make you think a certain way or believe their opinion
To convince
A paragraph that gives the most important information about a story
Summary
Who is going to pass this test?!
ME!
"The boy ran like lighting!" Why would an author compare a boy to lightning?
To show that the boy was running fast