Reading Literature
What do you call where a story takes place?
What is setting?
This is the main idea supported by evidence in an informational text.
What is central idea?
A sentence that introduces the main idea of an essay.
What is thesis/claim??
If a word has a positive or negative feeling attached to it, it has this.
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What is connotation?
The best strategy for unfamiliar words on a test.
What is using context clues?
What do we call the message or lesson the author wants the reader to learn?
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What is theme?
Facts, examples, or quotes used to support an idea are called this.
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What is textual evidence?
The part of an essay that restates the main idea and leaves a final thought.
What is a conclusion?
A lesson the author wants the reader to learn. For example, "Don't judge a book by it's cover."
What is theme?
The BEST answer choice is usually supported by this.
What is evidence from the text?
The struggle between opposing forces in a story is called this.
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What is conflict?
An author’s opinion or stance on a topic.
What is author's claim?
Writing that argues a position using claims and evidence.
What is argumentative writing?
Words around another word that can help you figure out the meaning of the word.
What is context clues?
Before choosing an answer, students should cross out choices that are clearly wrong. This strategy is called this.
What is process of elimination?
When the author hints at future events, it is called this.
What is foreshadowing?
A text structure that shows similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
This is when a writer explains how or why their evidence supports their idea instead of just dropping a quote or fact.
What is explanation or reasoning?
Making notes while reading to help with understanding and answering questions.
annotation
How can you use words you know to decode others?
Using root words and comparing to other words with similar roots.
How the narrator’s position or feelings affect how a story is told.
What is point-of-view?
Words like because, as a result, and therefore signal this structure
What is cause and effect?
Used around textual evidence to show that it's the author's words and not yours.
quotation marks
When two complete sentences are incorrectly joined together, it is called this.
What is a run-on sentence?
What are the 3 types of multiple choice answers?
1. The goofball
2. The imposter
3. The Chicken Dinner (winner winner)