Reading Skills
The angle/perspective from which the story is told
What is point of view?
the character or force in conflict with a main character
What is antagonist?
grouped lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
a statement that cannot be proven true or false
What is opinion?
the person who writes a play/drama
What is a playwright?
the main character in a literary work (aka the hero)
what is protagonist?
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?
the voice or "persona" of a poem.
What a Speaker?
a statement that can be proven true or false when research is done (two words)
What is a factual claim?
directions given to to the actors, usually in parentheses, or italicized.
What is stage directions?
the narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character
What is third person omniscient?
written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks
What is dialogue?
vivid description that includes details that appeal to the senses
What is sensory/imagery language
What the paragraph is mainly about.
What is Main Idea
a text that informs, describes or explain something to the reader
What is an Expository Text/Informational Text/Non fiction
how the author organizes the passage and puts it together (ex. cause and effect, sequencing, problem-solution, etc.)
What is author's organization?
The methods an author uses to create and develop a character
What is characterization
Its a group of words or phrases that means something different than what the words are literally saying.
EX: It's raining cats and dogs
What is an idiom?
This helps the reader easily navigate the text and often provide additional information to help the reader comprehend the content.
It provides extra information to the text.
What are text features?
takes place within a character's own mind ( to make a decision, to take action, or overcome a feeling)
What is internal conflict?
a reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work
What is tone?
90% comes from clues from the text and 10% comes from prior knowledge.
What is inference
It is the use of words that goes beyond their literal meaning. You need to use your imagination to figure out the author's meaning.
EX: A frown that breaks rock.
What is Figurative Language
a statement that is generally accepted to be true by MOST people (two words)
What is commonplace assertion?
the use of clues or hints suggesting events that will occur later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?