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Genres
Literary Concepts
Question Stems
Text Features
Vocabulary
100
Memoir
What is a type of story that is told in 1st person and tells the readers about the author's life?
100
The reader's feelings
What is mood?
100
To say that something will or might happen in the future
What is does predict mean?
100
Locate the number at the bottom of the page and read the definition.
What do you do when you see a small number next to a word?
100
Conclusion or opinion that is formed because of known facts or evidence Context Clues+Prior Knowledge
What is the definition of an inference?
200
Non-fiction
What is a type of story that includes real events?
200
1st person-narrator=character 3rd person limited-Narrator is outside the story but knows only the feelings of one character. 3rd person omniscient=Narrator is "above" the story and knows all
What are the three types of point of view?
200
An author's feeling or attitude expressed in their passage
What is tone?
300
Fiction
What genre is The Hunger Games?
300
Theme
What is the central message of a story refered to as?
300
Main Idea=Big Picture of the article Details=Support the Main Idea
What is the difference between main idea and details?
300
" "-Quotation Marks
How do you know that you are reading a dialogue(when charatcers are speaking to each other)?
300
To convince another person
What is persuasion?
400
Poetry
What is this: I, Too, Sing America by Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-- I, too, am America.
400
Fact are objective, true statements. Opinions are how an individual feels/believes/thinks.
What is the difference between opinions and facts?
400
In stanzas
How would a poem be organized?
500
1st person
"The staff was like one, big, happy family. Any newcomer who did not fit right in would be treated as an intruder. And, as I learned, any new supervisor who wanted things a little different, would be treated as an enemy." What point of view is the excerpt?
500
To provide or be a good reason for something To prove or show something to be just, right, or reasonable
What is the definition of justify?