Annotations
Nonfiction
Fiction
Drama
Poetry
100

What does PIE stand for?

Persuade

Inform

Entertain

100

What are some qualities of a nonfictional text?

Gives facts

Is real information

PIE is usually to inform

100

What are some qualities of a fictional text?

Is a fake story

PIE is usually entertain

100
In a drama, what are the names of the people within the drama? What is the name for where the drama takes place?
Characters

Setting

100

What is the difference between the speaker and the poet?

Speaker is the one telling you the poem, poet is the one who wrote the poem

200

What is text structure? What are the 5 types?

The way a text is organized.

Description

Order & Sequence

Compare & Contrast

Cause & Effect

Problem & Solution

200

What is the purpose of text structures? 

To help you better understand

200

There are 3 ways that we have talked about for the second element within plot. What are those 3 labels?

Problem

Conflict

Inciting Incident

200

What do actors use to know when it's their turn to speak within the play? They use ____.

What are the words that a character says?

Character tags

Dialogue

200

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

Simile - comparing 2 things using like or as

Metaphor - comparing 2 things using is or are

300

What is the difference between a fiction and nonfiction text? What does each text provide you with?

Fiction is real, nonfiction is fake.

Fiction gives a story, nonfiction gives facts.

300

If a text isn't already separated into multiple parts, how do I identify where to look to find my central ideas?

Chunk, look for the things that each paragraph has in common with other paragraphs. 

300
If I don't know the meaning of a word, what can I do?

Use dictionary, use context clues

What are context clues? 

300

If a story has a theme, what does that mean?

Theme -  A lesson or moral that can be learned from what happened in the story.

300

What is the difference between a rhyme and alliteration? Do we focus on the way they look or sound?

Rhyme - words with the same sound at the END of the word

Alliteration - words with the same sound at the BEGINNING of the word

400

There are 2 types of diagrams used to show your understanding of fiction & nonfiction. What are their names?

PLOT & Central idea and details

400

How do you make a summary of a nonfictional text?

Beginning

Middle

End

400

How do you make a summary of a fictional text?

Somebody

Wanted

But

So

Then

400

Within a drama, there are usually words within parentheses. What are these called and what is their purpose?

Stage directions - tell the actors how to move and how to express their character

400

What is POV? How do I identify it? What do I look for?

POV - point of view

By looking at the pronouns used

1st person - I, me, my

3rd person - he, she, her, him, their, them

500

What annotations must you always have for poetry?

HINT: there are 6

PIE

speaker

voice

lines & stanzas

imagery

rhyming words (rhyme scheme)

500

Draw and label the diagram used to demonstrate your understanding of a nonfictional text. Include what you first need to identify BEFORE you even start working on the diagram.

CENTRAL IDEA & DETAILS

Topic in every bubble.

Central idea in the middle bubble and details (what each paragraph/section was about in the outside bubbles)
500

What is plot? What are ALL of the labels of plot AND their purpose of each part?

Exposition - characters & setting, the beginning of the story

Problem/Conflict/Inciting Incident - the problem the character faces

Rising Action

Climax - most exciting part of the story

Falling Action

Resolution - when the problem is solved, the end of the story

500
Dramas are like books. Dramas have _____ and books have chapters. Dramas have smaller sections called ______ while books have subchapters. What goes in the blank?


What changes when we go from a large section of the play to another large section?

Acts, scenes

The setting changes

500

For poetry, how do I show my understanding of the poem? By doing what?

HINT: There is a specific word that I am looking for so it is considered correct.

Creating drawings or taking note of what I understood in each stanza - IMAGERY