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Reading Strategies
Poetry
Main Ideas
Figurative Language
Figurative Language 2
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The candle lit the curtains on fire and burned the house down. To know this reading strategy you have to think about the how and the why of the story
What is What is Cause and Effect?
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This is also known as a paragraph of poetry!
What is a stanza?
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The author has a specific topic or message in the writing. We need to find what that is!
What is the main idea?
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This is something that compares 2 unlike objects using the words like or as!
What is similie?
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A kind of style, usually of art or literture; e.g. mystery, romance, or western
What is genre?
200
It is always a good idea to think about what you read, before you read it!
What is What is predicting?
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They type of poem has 3 lines First line = 5 syllables Second Line = 7 syllables Third Line = 5 syllables
What is a haiku?
200
When we are writing we need to make sure that each of these has it's own main idea and supporting details!
What is paragraphs?
200
This gives human attributes to nonhuman things!
What is personification?
200
A huge exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
300
To know this reading strategy you have to think about a clue!
What is What are context clues?
300
This poem has a rhyming pattern!
What is What is rhymc scheme?
300
An author has a main idea in the writing to get something across to everyone!
What is their point
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Sally sold seashells by the seashore is an example of this
What is alliteration?
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The use of description that helps the reader imagine how something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tates.
What is imagery?
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Mr. R. was running late this morning. He had a meeting so he couldn't get the classroom ready on time. His facial expression didn't look happy. I think he might be frustrated. I can figure out how he is feeling by thinkign about what I know and what happened to Mr. R.!
What is making an inference?
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This poem is humorous, doesn't make sense, and has 5 lines with a specfic pattern!
What is a limerick?
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When writing a recipe the main idea is how to make the item. But a recipe needs to follow some sort of order!
What is logical order?
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The animals at night The animals at night The bees were buzzing through the air The crickets were chirping their love songs The coyotes were howling at the moon The insects were crunching on the leaves of the tree The poem above shows this type of figurative language
What is onomatopoeia?
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A rhyme that occurs within one line
What is internal rhyme
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When I am reading, I usually take notes on what I'm not sure I understand correctly. Then I can review those when I am done reading!
What is to clarify?
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This is the repetition of conconsant sounds within or at the end of words!
What is consonance?
500
I am so excited for the holiday break! We have already put our Christmas tree up and have started to decorate the house. We are taking our son to see Santa this weekend! My husband and I are enjoying buyuing lots of toys for the kids! This story ahs a main idea, you need to find it!
What is the main idea? It's that we are excited for Christmas!
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The bear must have weighed 400 pounds. His legs were at least 100 pounds a piece! He approached us slowly, His steps were thunder! This is an example of ___________________
What is metaphor?
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A long speech by one character in a play or story
What is monologue?