Learning Strategies
This strategy involves who/what/when/where/why and how
What is the 5Ws and H
Readers can visualize mental ________ through descriptions of characters, events, settings, facts, sensory language, and figurative language.
What is images/pictures
This is language that appeals to the readers 5 senses (also called imagery)
What is sensory language
This is a comparison between two unlike things
What is a metaphor
This is a text written to inform, educate, or present information on a topic based on facts, research, or history
What is informational text
You circle this in your question
What is a verb
This is a brief overview of the text conveying the author's main ideas in a logical order
What is a summary
_______ ________ is the story's organization that usually includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What are the plot elements
This is the author of a drama
What is a playwright
This is personal reflections about life events, memories, and personal observations about life authored by the subject usually from a first person point-of-view
What is a memoir
You box this in in your question
What is where the answer is located/paragraph numbers
This is the reason why the author wrote the text
What is author's purpose
This is the attitude and feelings the author has towards the subject they are writing about
What is tone
These reveal the setting, sound effects, and the character's movements and gestures
What are stage directions
This is a comparison of two dissimilar ideas for the purpose of clarification
What is an analogy
You do this while reading your story
What is summarize the paragraphs
This is a complete sentence that states the universal life lesson that the reader can learn or infer from the text
What is the theme
This point of view uses words like "he," "she," and "they"
What is third person
This is the narrative voice of the poem (it is not always the poet)
What is the speaker
This is an account of a person's life written by another
What is a biography
This is what you should do before you read your story
What is read the questions
You make this when you use information presented in the text to make connections, draw conclusions, and make logical assumptions
What is an inference
This is an interruption in the plot's current events to shown an earlier event that provides context for recent or unfolding events
What is a flashback
This is giving human traits and abilities to nonhuman or nonliving things
What is personification
These help identify what type of nonfiction you are reading, such as description, cause and effect, compare and contrast, sequence, and problem and solution
What are nonfiction text structures