Reading 7th Grade
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
What is First Person
This part of an essay tells what the topic will be.
What is The topic sentence/thesis statement/topic sentence
To use strong exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
What is another term for "rhyming pattern" in poetry?
What is rhyme scheme?
Give an example of a protagonist from a film or book that we have studied in class this year.
Mrs. McClain will tell you if you are correct.
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective (if you can see, hear, and know the thoughts of ALL the characters)
What is Third Person Omniscient
Why does Ms. McClain advise students to color code the body of their essays?
The colors help students track which of the three details from the introduction they are creating a paragraph for.
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is personification?
Poems are not written in sentences and paragraphs, they are written in _______ and ________
What are lines and stanzas
What is the difference between an internal conflict and external conflict?
Internal=inside problem
External= outside problem
The message or lesson that can apply to you/me
What is Theme
According to Ms. McClain's method, in what ways are the introduction paragraph and conclusion paragraph similar?
Top bun, bottom bun!
It's raining cats and dogs.
What is the true meaning of this idiom?
It is raining extremely hard.
Poetry often includes ____________ _________ to make it more descriptive
What is Figurative language
Name two types of traits we might find in an Antagonist?
McClain will tell you if you are right.
What does it mean to make an inference?
To draw a conclusion based on information in the text.
The part of the writing or speech that captures the readers attention
What is a hook
To describe how things are alike and how they are different
What is compare and contrast?
Write a poem on the board with an AABBCC rhyme scheme!
We shall see if you're right!
How is theme different than main idea?
Theme is the lesson the reader learns from the character's actions in the text, while main idea is what the work is mostly about (the point of the main topic).
How the story or passage is organized is known as its __________ ___________-
What is Text structure or Organizational Pattern
(Ex. Description, cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological order, compare and contrast)
What should the introduction paragraph of your essay include?
A topic sentence (thesis) and summary sentences describing the three main points you will be using for support.
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
She is a tornado when she gets angry!
What is a Metaphor
The overall feeling of a poem
What is Mood
If we see a non-fiction passage on the text, what should we put on our scratch paper to annotate the passage?
A two-word summary for each paragraph.