RL/RI.9.1
What is topic?
What is what the text is mostly about, a noun that is repeated, and usually 2-3 words?
using supporting details, counterarguments, and examples.
What are complex characters?
a character that undergoes significant change throughout the story and has different facets to their personality
What are the different types of text structure?
Description, Sequence, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, and Problem and Solution
What are the different types of point of view?
1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person limited and omniscient.
What is main idea?
The sentence that supports the topic.
What is an objective summary?
an unbiased report of the key details and events from the text.
What are the parts of a plot?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution.
What is a flashback?
an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point in the story
What is rhetoric?
the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
What are supporting details?
Details that work to make the main idea true. Textual evidence.
How does an author change the central idea?
Adding more details and clarifying information
What is a static character?
a character who doesn't change.
What is foreshadowing?
When an author alludes to something that will happen later in the story
Ethos, pathos, logos.
What is central idea?
The reason the text was written.
How can you identify the central idea?
Look for key ideas that are repeated over for emphasis.
What is genre?
a specific type of music, film, or literary writing.
How is an author's claims developed?
by using evidence, reasoning, and logical connections to support their main ideas
How do you determine an author's point of view?
analyze the author's language, tone, and the way they present information
What is theme?
The moral or lesson of the story.
How does the author develop the theme of the text?
Through characterization and plot development.
How do characters advance the plot?
through their actions, choices, and interactions with other characters.
What are the three types of irony?
Dramatic, Situational, and Verbal
How does an author use rhetoric to advance their point of view?
Using ethos, pathos, and logos.