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Reading Skills
Fiction
Poetry
Informational 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
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 should I annotate as I read poetry?

What are inferences and interpretations of the poem to say, the use of symbolism, figurative language, visualization, connections, etc.  

200

a statement that can be proven? 

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
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

As we read informational text, what information do we annotate?

The Main ideas presented in the articles. 
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/expository text.

What are text features, graphs/charts, visuals, 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

What elements of plot do we analyze as we read fiction (NAME 4 OR MORE) ? 

What are the characters, setting, conflict, resolution, theme, P.O.V., plot diagram (exposition, rising actions, climax, falling actions, resolution, etc.).

500

What is symbolism?

What is a literary device where objects, people, places, or ideas are used to represent something beyond their literal meaning, conveying deeper meanings and emotions. 

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