7th Grade Reading
When a narrator uses I, Me, My, or We.
What is first person point of view?
This part of an essay tells what the topic will be and can be found in this paragraph.
What is Thesis Statement/Claim/Controlling Idea & Introduction?
"The car ride seemed to drag on forever. Jennifer was starting to wonder if they would reach their destination before she turned fifty." is an example of this kind of Figurative Language.
What is hyperbole?
This is what we call the main character of a story.
What is a protagonist?
List the type of perspective/POV:
"Harry had lived a fairly horrible life. His aunt and uncle were horrible people, and his cousin was a spoiled brat and an even bigger bully. If he'd had any say in the matter, Harry would have much rather preferred growing up in an orphanage."
What is third person?
When the narrator uses She, He, or They.
What is third person point of view?
This is a short rewritten version of the story or article that includes just the important details.
What is a summary?
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." is an example of this Figurative Language.
What is personification?
When you make an inference, you are doing this.
What is pairing what you read with what you know to mane an educated guess?
List the type of perspective/POV:
"Teresa and I reconnected years later, and it turns out we had a lot more in common now. She was currently in college going for her degree in Agriculture so she could take over her family business. Me? Well, I wasn't going to go pro in soccer, so I settled for going to school for a Psych degree."
What is first person?
The universal message or lesson that can apply to the reader.
What is theme?
This type of writing is made up.
What is fiction?
"Quit beating around the bush and tell me if this dress looks good on me or not!" is an example of this kind of Figurative Language.
What is an idiom?
The character that opposes the protagonist.
What is an antagonist?
This is the term for a group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
This type of nonfiction text gives you the similarities and differences between two topics.
What is Compare and Contrast?
The 5 parts of a plot diagram.
What is the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
"Harry hurried home to watch hockey with his homies." is an example of this type of Figurative Language.
What is Alliteration?
Information from the text used to support your answer or main idea in an essay.
What is text evidence?
The overall feeling of a story is called this
What is the mood?
How the story or passage is organized is know as its ....
What is text structure? (Ex. Description, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Chronological Order, Compare and Contrast)
This is the last part of an essay that wraps everything up. It restates the thesis. It is best to end this with an impactful statement.
What is the conclusion?
If love is blind, then how do we see?
It is not a cage, but it is a key.
It can unlock our heart and set us free,
Because it is the wind beneath our wings.
Love is a garden, love is a rose
Once its planted, it sprouts and grows.
This poem is using this type of Figurative Language throughout it.
What is metaphor/extended metaphor?
List the type of perspectives/POV:
"If you are looking to make the best banana pudding ever, then you've come to the right place. Here are the ingredients you will need to get started."
What is Second person?
An example of a text feature.
What is bold words, underlined words, italics, headings, subheadings, graphs, pictures, ect...