Reading Comprehension
In Exploring the Titanic, name two mistakes the crew/builders of the Titanic made.
Answers may vary
One or more things causes something else to happen.
What is cause and effect
The beginning of a story. It introduces us to the characters and the setting.
What is the exposition
The symbols that are used to show a character, other than the narrator or speaker, is speaking.
What is quotation marks.
In grammar, the person, place, thing, or idea is called this
What is a noun.
In the story Charles, what was Laurie's true identity?
Charles
An issue is presented and one or more solutions are offered.
What is problem and solution
The turning point in the story. The conflict comes to a head.
What is climax
When two characters speak to one another it is called this.
What is dialogue
Language that is not literal such as: similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, imagery, idioms, onomatopoeias, etc.
What is figurative language
What lesson did we learn from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street?
Answers may vary: Students should discuss ways fear, ignorance and prejudice can lead to destruction.
The way a word is used in the text. Information that allows us to understand the meaning of words.
What is context
The outcome or the final part of the story.
What is resolution
2 Parts: The reason an author writes about a topic or story. What are the three main reasons author's write?
1. author's purpose 2. To persuade, To inform, To entertain
The different categories that books are placed. For example: realistic fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, biography, etc.
Genre
In The Tell Tale Heart, what caused the first person narrator to admit his crime?
his guilty conscience
What the text is mainly about. The most important point of a story or article.
What is the main idea?
2 Answers :The main character is called this. The force or character against the main character is called this.
What is a protagonist. What is an antagonist.
The feelings the author uses when he or she writes is called this.
What is Author's Tone
When the unexpected happens in the story it is called this. Example: a policeman is robbed.
What is irony
What spirit caused Scrooge to change.
All of them or The Ghost of Christmas Future
It is the repetition of words that use initial consonant sounds. Such as: The sensational singer sounded so good that she gave me chills.
What is alliteration
When the events are in order from first to last or told by the sequence they occurred it is called this.
What is chronological order.
This is the feeling the author intends the reader to have.
What is the mood
The lesson or moral message of a story is called...
Theme