Skills
The attitude that a writer or author takes towards a given subject.
Tone
Funny play on words
Puns
A reader uses surrounding words to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
Context Clues
The author tells readers exactly what the character is like.
Direct Characterization
What is Mrs. Amber's favorite color?
Green
Gives a person's exact words.
Avoids plagiarism.
Ending punctuation goes inside.
Direct Quotes / Quotation Marks
Repeating the same beginning consonant sound.
Alliteration
The writer's position or opinion
Claim
The author shows what the character is like through actions, words, thoughts, or how others react.
Indirect Characterization
Name of Mrs. Amber's child who went to Japan this year
Mallorie
To break something down into its parts and examine them. Break down a text's ideas and structure to understand better, think critically about it, and draw conclusions.
Analyze
A contrast between expectation and reality.
Irony
The most important things that happen in a story or text. They help move the plot forward.
Main events or sequence of events
Type of character that does not learn, change, or grow
Static (think "stuck")
What does Mrs. Amber say when she wants your attention?
"Pause"
Go beyond the surface details to see other meanings that the details suggest or imply.
Infer
A phrase with a meaning different from the literal words.
Idiom
The central struggle that motivates the characters and leads to a work's climax.
Conflict
The type of character that changes and learns something. They grow throughout the story.
Dynamic Character
Name one novel we read this year.
*Double points for also naming the author
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus -Dusti Bowling
A Wrinkle in Time -Madeline L'Engle
Identify differences between things and discriminate among them.
Two opposite words used together.
ex: Deafening silence
Oxymoron
The actual story- what happens, when, how, why, and what's the result?
Plot
Maria shares her lunch with a new student.
What can the reader infer about Maria based on the passage?
Maria is generous.
What is doing the right thing even when no one is watching?
Integrity