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:
"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players"
-William Shakespeare
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
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 fact?
200
Identify the type of figurative language:
"Two bird with one stone"
What is an idiom?
300
Making an educated guess based on details from the text
What is making Infrences?
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
information that adds to topics, examples, or details
What is supporting details?
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
main issue in a piece of literature, either external or internal
What is Conflict?
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
the main events of the play or novel
What is Plot?
500
Lyric, narrative, free verse, epic
What is Types of Poetry?
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:
"Eight grade Reading students are ready to rock the STAAR test ."