The reader can read any type of material that gives them pleasure or just for fun. Most fictional pieces are read for this purpose.
What is For Entertainment
100
Why an author writes.
What is Author's Purpose
100
When we mean something different than what we are actually saying.
What is Figurative Language
100
When we mean what we say word for word.
What is Literal Language
100
Using the surrounding words and senteces to figure out the meaning of an unknown word.
What is Context Clues
200
The reading is used to locate specific information or answer a particular question. The reader only looks for that important information.
What is To Find Out/Be informed
200
The author wants the reader to simply enjoy the piece of writing. If the piece of writing creates an emotion (happy, sad, suspense, romantic, etc.) it is written for entertainment.
What is To Entertain
200
A comparison between two things using the words like or as.
What is Simile
200
A comparison between two things where one thing is said to be another.
What is Metaphor
200
A character in the story is telling the story. We see and feel and experience only what he or she sees or feels or experiences. Look for words like I, me, my, we, our.
What is 1st Person Perspective
300
The reading is done to get detailed information, or to learn large amounts of information about a topic.
What is To Understand
300
The author wants the reader to understand or learn about a topic.
What is To Inform
300
A great exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole
300
Giving a non-human thing or animal human characteristics.
What is Personification
300
A narrator tells the story and can tell what the 5 senses can observe. Look for words like he, her, she, him, they, and them.
What is 3rd Person Limited
400
The reader assesses new ideas or argument and decides how they feel about the issue; whether they agree or disagree with what's being said
What is To Interpret
400
The author is giving step by step directions or instructions.
What is To Explain
400
A common phrase that means more than it says.
What is Idiom
400
A repeating sound; Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse: "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
What is Alliteration
400
Some things to look for to help you find the definition of a word are similar words, words that mean the opposite, lists of words, or the cause of unknown word. You are using what?
What is Context Clues
500
Reading a piece of writing that expresses the author's thoughts or feelings about a particular topic.
What is To Persuade
500
The author wants to convince the reader to think, feel, or believe the same way they do.
What is To Persuade
500
When a word makes the same sound as its definition.
What is Onomatopoeia
500
Used to create a feeling, emotion, or description for the reader.
What is Figurative Language
500
An all knowing narrator tells the story and can tell not only what all the characters are doing but also what they are thinking and feeling as well.