Poetry
What is a group of lines called in poetry?
Stanza
What is plot?
What is author's purpose and what are the three types?
Author's purpose is the REASON an author writes a text and we use P.I.E to show the different types:
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Claim
How many details do you need for a short-response question on the test?
2
What is the moral or message of a poem called?
Theme.
What do we analyze to find character traits?
S.T.O.L.D. What characters:
Say, Think, Others think about them, Look like, and Do.
S.T.E.A.L: Speech, Thought, Effect on others, Actions, Looks
What the article is mainly about.
Central Idea
What an author gives to support their claim.
Reasons
How many passages do you have to read on each day of the test?
4
What figurative language devices are being used here?
Like Slick Rick the Ruler I'm cooler than a ice brick,Simile.
Allusion — need to explain what it's referring to.
Why do we find character traits?
To see how those traits change in the story.
In an informational article, what gives you a hint about the central idea of a specific section of the text?
Subheading (Topic sentence can also work)
What is evidence?
Something you know is true.
What are some strategies you've learned to answer multiple choice?
-Cross out wrong answers
-Re-read: Close read or skim depending on the question.
-Find evidence to support your answer
-Annotate the question by noting the important parts.
What is the rhyme scheme?
Tyger Tyger burning bright,AABC
What is the narrative mode (point of view) when the narrator is NOT a character in the story and knows what every character is thinking.
Third-Person Omniscient AKA "God Mode"
What is tone?
A writer's attitude towards a subject.
Give three examples of evidence you might find in an informational or opinion (argumentative) text.
Facts, quotes from experts, and statistics.
What is mood in a story?
Mood is the feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader.
What figurative language device is used here and what does it mean?
Naïve as the dry leaves on the groundPersonification
Answers will vary on what it means.
Name one way to figure out a theme of the story?
Plot—Conflict and Resolution: What lesson can we learn?
Character change: How did characters change, or not change, and what can we learn from it?
Setting. How does the time and place affect the story and message?
The first sentence or topic sentence of the paragraph.
*Relevant* evidence means what?
The evidence connects to the reason and claim.
What is a cheat code for answering short response questions?
If you can't explain how your evidence connects to your answer, then you probably don't have the right answer.