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Informational Reading I
Informational Reading II
Writer's Style & Sound Devices
Dramatic Devices
Figurative Language
100
The title or caption of a page, chapter or section
What is the heading?
100
The writer's most important point, opinion, or message
What is the main idea?
100
The central idea or insight about human life the author wants us to obtain from reading the text.
What is theme?
100
In drama, conversation between two characters
What is dialogue?
100
A narrative in which characters and settings stand as symbols expressing truths about human life.
What is an allegory?
200
A visual presentation of numerical data
What is a chart?
200
Details that support your claims and make you appear credible
What is evidence?
200
The author's attitude toward a subject
What is tone?
200
A poem or a part of a drama in which a speaker addresses one or more silent listeners, often reflecting on a specific problem or situation
What is dramatic monologue?
200
Person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
What is a symbol?
300
The central idea of an essay
What is a thesis statement?
300
A picture used to illustrate the information presented in a text.
What are graphics?
300
Based on facts
What is objective?
300
A character who serves as a contrast to another character.
What is a foil?
300
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create comic effect
What is hyperbole?
400
A drawing or plan that outlines and explains the parts, operations, etc. of something
What is a diagram?
400
Do you underline or use quotation marks for a book?
Underline
400
Believable
What is credible?
400
In a play, words spoken directly to the audience or another character, but not overheard by others onstage.
What is an aside?
400
Language that is not meant to be understood on a literal level
What is figurative language?
500
Hints or suggestions that may surround unfamiliar words or phrases in a piece of writing and clarify their meaning.
What are context clues?
500
Do you underline or use quotation marks for a magazine?
Underline
500
Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together, especially at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
500
Long speech in which a character who is alone onstage expresses private thoughts or feelings.
What is a soliloquy?
500
Figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.
What is personification?