Strategies
The reason we scan the questions before reading the passage.
What is to know what we are expected to answer?
These are the five literary elements.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
Language not to be taken literally or what it actually says.
What is figurative language?
This is how the narrator tells a story.
What is point of view?
The difference between informational, non-fiction, fiction, and argumentative texts.
What are to explain something (informational), based on real events or facts (non-fiction), based on imaginary characters and events (fiction), and to defend a claim (argumentative)?
This Strategy Tells Us the Passage's Information Without Reading It.
What is Scanning the Title, Pictures (Graphs, Charts, Tables), Subtitles, and Captions?
This literary element adds suspense to the story.
What is rising action?
"Today, I wish I was one hundred and two" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is hyperbole?
Chronological, cause and effect, and compare/contrast are examples of this.
What is Text Structure?
An Educated Guess Supported by Text Evidence.
What is Inference?
To know what the passage is about (the topic).
What is determine the central idea?
These are the three pieces of information found in the exposition.
What are setting, characters, and conflict?
"My love is like a red, red, rose" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is simile?
The Message, Lesson, Moral, or Topic of a Text.
What is Theme?
This is asked to make the reader think about the topic.
What is rhetorical question?
To know whether the passage is to persuade, inform, or entertain.
What is Determine the Author's Purpose?
This is the climax of a story.
What is the main conflict or "drama"?
This is a reason why writers use figurative language.
What is to add depth or emotional connection, or to explain complicated ideas, or to make writing engaging?
These are the three types of rhetorical appeals.
What are logos, pathos, and ethos?
Give examples of the three types of author's purpose (persuade, inform, and entertain).
Answers will vary.
These are used to help understand unknown words.
What are context clues?
Give examples of the five literary elements.
Answers will vary.
Explain the following types of figurative language:
imagery
symbolism
allusion
What are
1. Appeal to the senses
2. Object that represents something else
3. Reference to historical figure or event
One is the Dictionary's Definition and One is an Emotional Connection.
What are Denotation and Connotation?
This is the difference between perspective and point of view.
What are how a character views or sees something and how a story is told?