Reading
Answer: It states an effect (of the drought)
The attitude of the speaker toward the subject (e.g., sarcastic, nostalgic, melancholic). Identified through word choice (diction).
What is the Tone?
The author's central claim or purpose often found at the beginning or end of the text.
What is the main idea/purpose?
A: When an item stands for an idea or larger meaning. Usually used throughout a piece of literature.
dove = peace, red rose = love and romance
Q: What is symbolism?
A: An animal species might be described as fruitful in offspring or vegetation; highly productive.
Q: What is "fecund"?
Answer: Around 9.5 hours
The underlying message or central idea (e.g., in Langston Hughes's "Harlem," the dangerous consequences of deferred dreams).
What is the Theme?
These require scanning the text, often using highlighted text evidence, to find specific, direct answers.
What are "According to the text" Questions?
A: A difference between what the reader expects the author to mean and what they actually mean.
Q: What is irony?
A: A privilege, gain, or profit in addition to your regular salary for your job (e.g., a company car, health insurance, child care etc).
What is a "benefit"?
A: It expands on the first (by giving a benefit/result).
The narrator or voice of the poem, which may not be the poet.
Who is the Speaker?
Identify how information is organized, such as cause and effect, chronological order, or comparison.
What are "Text Structure Questions"?
A: The careful examination of a text or one element of a text, including theme, plot, characters, or setting, in order to determine why and how the particular text was written.
What is Literary Analysis?
A: Talking excessively or incoherently.
What is "logorrhea"?
Passage: "Bill plays basketball with his friend Joe every day. Even though Bill practices harder than anyone, he always misses shots during real games because he gets nervous. Joe decides to invite some friends to watch them practice to help Bill feel less nervous".
Q1: Why is Bill upset?
Q2: Why does Joe decide to gather a group of people?
Q3: In line 8, the word performed is closest in meaning to?
A1: He plays better in practice than he does during games.
A2: He wants to help Bill feel less nervous.
A3: Played
Sensory details (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) that create vivid mental pictures.
What is the Imagery?
These require finding specific details, quotes, or examples in the text to support a conclusion.
What are "Evidence-Based Questions"?
A: Reading a fictional account and a historical document about the same event to analyze how information is presented.
Q: How does this, in combination with another text, change your, interpretation of the, topic?
A: Done or undertaken by one person or party.
Q: What is "unilateral" ?
Passage: "The Trans-Alaska Pipeline splits the state of Alaska, running 800 miles. It is designed to handle 84 million gallons of oil per day, though it usually operates at a lower capacity".
Q1: The passage primarily discusses the pipeline's?
Q2: According to the passage, 84 million gallons of oil can travel through the pipeline each?
A1:Operation/Construction.
A2: Day
A change in tone, tone, or subject, often marked by transition words or stanza breaks.
What is the Shift?
Answer: The central point, supported by evidence from the text.
Question: What is "the main idea of the paragraph?"
A: The literary device where an author drops subtle hints, clues, or warnings about plot events that will happen later in the story.
Q: What is Foreshadowing?
A: Seize and hold office by force or without right.
Q: What does it mean to "usurp"?