Literary Terms
This is what you should use when you don't know the meaning of a word and need to know what the word means.
Dictionary -- It has definitions for academic vocabulary words that are in the questions!
This is the paragraph order for your ECR (essay).
Introduction
Body 1
Body 2
Conclusion
These books, which was published in the late eighteenth century, are very valuable.
A. books, in the late eighteenth century
B. books, which were published
C. books, that was published
B. books, which were published
This is what you do when you come up with an idea based on what you read.
Infer
This is the reason why an author writes a text.
Author's purpose
This is how a person in a story is shown through their looks, words, and actions.
Characterization
This is the sentence that answers the prompt and should be in your introduction paragraph. It is the most important sentence in your essay.
Thesis
Working as a receptionist taught me to handle customer complaints, write memos, and answering the phone.
A. to handle customer complaints and write memos, answering the phones.
B.how to handle customer complaints, write memos, and answer the phones.
B.how to handle customer complaints, write memos, and answer the phones.
This is what you should use when you don't know the meaning of a word and need to know what the word means.
Dictionary
Name 2 text features a nonfiction text might include to convey information to the audience.
Headings
Graphics (maps, pictures, graphs)
Captions
Bold/italic font
Footnotes
This is an author's word choice.
Diction
This is the first sentence in each body paragraph that states the main idea.
Topic sentence
Rewrite as one sentence: Mary could feel a cavity developing in one of her teeth. She refused to go to a dentist.
Mary could feel a cavity developing in one of her teeth, but she refused to go to the dentist.
A summary statement should include information from each of these 3 parts of the text.
Beginning, Middle, End (BME)
This is the group of people that the author is targeting and writing the text FOR.
Intended audience
These are different ways an author can communicate the message, tone, characterization, etc. Some examples include metaphor, oxymoron, personification.
Literary Devices
This is the structure you should use in your introduction paragraph.
G - general sentence about a keyword in the prompt to HOOK the audeince
S - specfic sentence tying the keyword to the TEXT
T - answer the prompt in a THESIS statement
Which transition word could BEST be added to the beginning of sentence 25 to help conclude this paper?
(24) I couldn't say I was sorry to see them go. (25) I must admit, for a while I was amazed by those “alien bugs” that took over my town.
A. However,
B. Otherwise,
C. Therefore,
D. For example,
A. However,
This is what you should do on your scatch paper as you read the text to make notes of your thoughts and understanding.
Annotate (or take notes)
TWO PARTS: (1) This states the main message of an infomational text. (2) This states the main message of an argumentative text.
(1) Thesis
(2) Claim
This is the message or what the author wants the reader to learn from the passage or story.
Theme
These are the two things your body paragraphs must have to support your thesis.
Text evidence and explanation
Which word could BEST replace good and improve the meaning of this sentence?
(17) However, now that I play soccer so much, I appreciate that Mom serves us good meals because I know it’s important for a healthy body.
A. delicious
B. generous
C. fresh
D. nutritious
D. nutritious
This is what you should do when a question asks about a specific paragraph. For example, "What can the reader infer based on Samantha's reaction in paragraph 4?"
Go back to that paragraph in the text
Name 3 organizational text structures that nonfiction texts can follow.
Chronological
Cause & Effect
Problem & Solution
Description
Compare & Contrast