Vocabulary
The main idea, or what the text is mostly about.
What is the central idea?
Tonya was relaxing with a magazine when her father walked in, looking perturbed and sounding annoyed, too. What words give you clues to the meaning of perturbed?
What is Annoyed?
The feelings an author has for a topic or subject.
What is tone?
Where can you look to find the central idea?
What are the title and first paragraph or the 1st sentence in every paragraph?
What is the exposition?
What is the introduction?
The lesson an author wants you to learn about life the world and others.
What is the theme?
Mrs. Carlson thought her explanations were clear and concise, but everyone found them to be unfathomable.
What is hard to understand?
Simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and alliteration
What is figurative language?
What is a good way to find the theme quick ?
What is the turning point in the story ?
What is Climax?
The main problem of a story.
What is the conflict?
Jack was an avid baseball card collector. He saved all of his money up until he could purchase new cards. He kept them in a safe and sure place. What does the word avid mean?
What is Eager/Obsessive?
What does it mean to Look at the length of lines and number of stanzas in a poem. "ANALYZING THE......."
What is analyzing structure/dissecting the poem?
How can you find a summary ?
What is reading the 1st line of every paragraph?
A struggle between two opposing forces. Example: person vs. person, person vs. technology, person vs. self, etc.
What is conflict?
An author's opinion or position on a topic.
What is a claim?
What are context clues?
What are Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word?
Can theme just be one word (TRUE/FALSE)
FALSE
What is the strategy for understanding a poem ?
What is the Rising Action ?
What is building tension?
The reason an author writes something. Bonus points if you name the three reasons. (hint: PIE)
What is the author's purpose? What are persuade, inform and entertain?
What are four ways context clues can be given?
Examples in the text, synonyms in the text , antonyms in the text or definitions provided in the text.
How does the poet develop the speaker's point of view?
a. By revealing the side he chose
b. By using descriptive imagery
c. By contrasting fire and ice symbols of love and hate
Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great,
And would suffice.
What is c. By contrasting fire and ice symbols of love and hate?
A test taking strategy where you eliminate 1-2 wrong answers.
What is process of elimination?
What are all the parts of a plot?
What is the exposition, rising action , climax, falling action, and the resolution?