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Reading Skills
Fiction
Poetry
Expository Text
Practice Makes Perfect
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

depict, reveal, illustrate, indicate, and present are all synonyms of the word _____

What is show?

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

the person who is talking in the poem

the speaker

200

The different parts of the ECR that will be graded-

What is thesis, text evidence, evidence explained, conclusion, correct spelling/punctuation/grammar?

200

The total number of points that are included in the test

What is 56?

300
the narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character
What is third person omniscient?
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

the "other side" that should be included to strengthen an argument

counterargument and refuted

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 author's organization?
400

A story that is fiction is considerd to be what

What is made up/false?

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 informational text.

What are graphs, maps, captions, subtitles, photos/images, 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

the five main components of plot

What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?

500

the figurative language that creates vivid pictures in the mind of the reader

What is imagery?

500
What is the difference between an autobiography and a biography?
What is an autobiography is a true story of a person's life written or told by that person and a biography is a true story of a person's life written or told by someone else?
500

the differences between an ECR and an SCR-

What is 10 points vs 2 points, multiple paragraphs vs Only Answer, Prove, It Explain It