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100

The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective

What is point of view?

100

the character or force in conflict with a main character

What is antagonist?

100

grouped lines in a poem

What is a stanza?

100
a statement that cannot be proven true or false
What is opinion?
100
Identify the type of figurative language: "John's answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution."
What is a metaphor?
200

the abbreviation for author's purpose and what each letter stands for

What is PIE, to persuade, inform, or entertain?

200

the overall, worldly lesson that can be learned from the story; a repeated idea or lesson in a literary text and often deals with abstract questions, beliefs, or truths

What is theme?

200

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? Roses are red Violets are blue I need the answers to the test Can I get it from you?

What is A, B, C, B.

200
a statement that can be proven true or false when research is done (two words)
What is a factual claim?
200
Identify the type of figurative language: "Micaela and I are going to hang out and shoot the breeze before the movie since we arrived early to the theater."
What is an idiom?
300

Step 1 evaluate the Title, Step 2 analyze the Photos/infographics, Step 3 notice and take note of Text Features being used in a non-fiction informational text. 

What is critical reading strategies?

300

written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks

What is dialogue?

300
words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true
What is figurative language?
300
a statement that is generally accepted to be true by MOST people (two words)
What is a commonplace assertion?
300
Identify the figurative language: "The thunder clapped angrily in the distance."
What is personification?
400

how the author creates the passage and puts it together (ex. cause and effect, sequencing, problem-solution, etc.)

What is text structure?

400

Removing the extraneous information from a story to only summarize using the most important elements.

What is summary?

400

the feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage

What is mood?

400
Name at least two things you need to consider and notice when reading an expository text.
What are graphics/figures, sidebars, subtitles, and bolded/italicized words/phrases?
400

Identify the figurative language: "Her hair was as soft as a spider web."

What is a simile?

500

a reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work

What is tone?

500

Draw a plot diagram, label the five sections, and identify the parts of The Outsiders on your diagram.

What is exposition (Ponyboy introducing the gang, the slap from Darry), rising action (Running away after the slap to Windrixville), climax (The fire and Johnny dying), falling action (reconciling with Darry, Dally dying), and resolution (Writing the story for English class)

500

Name the four types of poetry and give one characteristic of each.

What is epic (a poem with a story line and follows the adventures of a hero; usually long and have rhythm and repetition), narrative (a poem that tells a story but is much shorter than an epic poem; usually follows the plot diagram), lyrical (a poem that expresses thoughts and emotions and contains rhyme and rhythm/meter), and free verse (a poem that has no rhyme or regular rhythm).

500

What is the difference between an autobiography, a biography and a memoir?

What is an autobiography is a true story of a person's life written or told by that person, a biography is a true story of a person's life written or told by someone else and a memoir is written about a particular time period or memory in one's life?

500

Identify the figurative language: "Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August."

What is alliteration?