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Miscellaneous A
Fiction
Text Structure
Point of View
Miscellaneous B
100
In the following passage, what sentence best supports the idea that Marjorie is selfish? Marjorie was 4 feet 5 inches tall and had luxurious golden hair. She dressed in only the best clothes and knew that she was the envy of all who walked past her. She walked through the halls and everyone stopped to look. All the girls in school wanted to be her and all the boys wanted to talk to her. You would think that a person like this would have TONS of friends, but she didn't...nor did she care. She only hung with people that could give her expensive gifts in return for her friendship. Up until this point, she didn't realize that her actions had consequences. Little did she know, the way she treated people would eventually catch up with her.
What is, "She only hung with people that could give her expensive gifts in return for her friendship?"
100
An informed guess. This is sometimes referred to as "reading between the lines" because the text doesn't actually state the ideas. You, as the reader, have to come up with the ideas about a text based on what you have read.
What is an inference?
100
Signal words include because, therefore, so, and as a result.
What is cause and effect?
100
What point of view is the following fictional passage? I knew as soon as I walked into the towering red doors of the top of the stairs that this was going to be, hands down, the worst day of my life. I know that people think that I am super dramatic, but this time I really mean it! Today is my first day in my new school, with new teachers, in a new town that I despise! How could it get any worse?
What is first person?
100
The description attached to a picture.
What is a caption?
200
Beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
What are elements of plot?
200
The speaker in a fictional story or passage.
Who is the narrator?
200
Signal words include both, alike, unlike, similarly and different.
What is compare and contrast?
200
When the person delivering the information was present at the event.
What is a firsthand account?
200
A drawing, representation, or plan that is labeled in order to give additional information on a topic.
What is a diagram?
300
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
300
The form of literature that tells a story through a narrator. Usually includes paragraphs, dialogue, and chapters (novels).
What is prose or story?
300
Signal words include before, then, during, finally, first, continued, and later.
What is chronology or chronological?
300
When the narrator of the story is not a character in the story.
What is a third person point of view?
300
When you retell events, summarize relevant events, and quote the text.
What are types of evidence?
400
The thinking job for a non-fiction article is...
What is the topic? What am I mostly learning about the topic? How does the author feel about the topic?
400
The time of day/time period and place in which a story happens.
What is setting?
400
Signal words include problem, issue, resolved, fixed, and solution.
What is problem-solution?
400
What point of view is the following text? "As I peered around the chaos toward the front of the ship, I could see the nose of the grand liner was beginning to point downward. I frantically looked around for my husband, but could see nothing but a blur of other passengers pushing and shoving one another. At that moment I knew....the Titanic was not going to make it through the night."
What is a firsthand account?
400
You use these to determine the number of paragraphs you should have in your extended response.
What are the bullets in the question?
500
What is the thinking job for fiction?
Who are the characters? What is the problem? What is the solution? What is the message or lesson learned?
500
"True friends stand by each other even in times of danger" is an example of this.
What is theme?
500
In the following statement, what is the cause? Ice melts and breaks away from the land masses as the sun's warm rays gradually increase the temperature.
What is "the sun's rays gradually increase the temperature."
500
What point of view is the following text? During the first part of the 1800's the North and the South grew in different ways. In the North, cities were centers of wealth and manufacturing. There were many skilled workers. In the South there was not much manufacturing or skilled workers. Most of the people were farmers. Money came from plantation crops, like cotton, rice, sugar cane and tobacco. Slaves did most of the work on the plantations.
What is a secondhand account?
500
Every paragraph must start with this.
What is a topic sentence?