Vocabulary
What does contrast mean?
To show how things are different.
What is the subject of this sentence? The students finished their project.
The students
What is setting?
When and where a story takes place.
The classroom was a zoo.
Metaphor
What is the difference between a fact and opinion?
A fact can be supported as true, an opinion expresses a belief or judgment.
What does perspective mean?
A particular way of seeing or understanding something.
What is the difference between their, there, and they're?
Their = possession; there = place; they're = they are.
What is conflict?
A problem or struggle faced by a character.
The wind whispered through the trees.
Personification
What does it mean to use evidence when answering a question about a text?
Use specific details from the text to support your answer.
What does infer mean?
To reach a conclusion using evidence and what you already know.
Identify the adjective:
The mysterious letter appeared on the table.
Mysterious
What is point of view?
The perspective from which a story is told.
I told you a million times.
Hyperbole
If a character says, "Im fine", but their hands are shaking and they won't make eye contact, what can you infer?
They may not be fine; their behavior suggests they are nervous, upset, afraid, etc.
If a character is reluctant, what does that mean?
They are hesitant or unwilling to do something.
Correct the sentence:
Although she was tired but she finished her homework.
Although she was tired, she finished her homework.
What is characterization?
The ways an author develops and reveals a character.
Her smile was like sunshine.
Simile
Why might an author choose to tell a story from one characters POV, instead of another?
To control what the audience knows, reveal a particular perspective, create sympathy, mystery, tension, or influence how we understand events.
In this sentence, what does significant mean?
The discovery was significant because it changed the way the characters understood what had happened.
Important or meaningful.
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence containing an independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
What is the difference between theme and plot?
Plot is what happens in the story; theme is the deeper idea or message explored throughout the story.
What technique is being used and what effect does it create?
The darkness swallowed the city.
Personification; it gives darkness a human like action and creates a stronger, more threatening image.
Two characters experience the same event but describe it differently. What might explain the difference?
Their experiences, beliefs, emotions, relationships, knowledge, culture, or perspective may be different.