Reading Strategies
connecting what you know to what you read to support comprehension
What is activating schema?
the sequence of events in a story
What is the plot?
When the author takes you to a scene that happened before the main action of the book
flashback
destined to be denied love because of family tradition
Who is Tita?
The beginning of a story
What is the exposition?
Knowing what the most significant parts of a text are for your reading purpose.
What is determining importance?
the time and place a story takes place
What is the setting?
the repetition of the same starting sound for several words
alliteration
Leaves the ranch first using her own strength and following her own desires to liberate herself.
Who is Gertrudis?
The problem that pushes the action
What is Visualization?
The way that authors reveal their characters personalities
What is characterization?
The authors use of hints about what is to come in the story
The Jacob or Peta in the story...the friend who loves her and almost maybe gets her...but does he?
Who is Dr. John
What is the climax?
wondering about the meaning or challenging the authors ideas in a text
What is asking questions?
The perspective that a story is told from
What is point of view?
the author's attitude within a text
What is tone?
“That is the way history gets written, distorted by eyewitness accounts that don’t really match the reality.”
History is told by people who are telling the reality that best suits them.
The action leading up to the climax
What is the rising action?
Making an educated guess based on the authors clues and your schema
What is an inferening?
The message of a work of literature that is not directly stated.
What is the theme?
The atmosphere or feeling of a work of literature
What is mood?
She is the complex antagonist of Like Water for Chocolate
Who is Mama Elena?
What is the resolution?