NJSLA
How many pieces of evidence do you need per body paragraph?
Two
What is it called when you describe two unlike things with like or as?
Simile
The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.
Tone
What is called when a character speaks in a story?
Dialogue
The term for the time and place where a story is set
The setting
How many sources are in an RST?
Three
What is it called when you compare two unlike things without like or as?
Metaphor
What the reader feels in the reading/scene
Mood
What does it mean to extend the ending?
Write from where the end of the story leaves off
The author gives a sign or warning of what's going to happen next
Foreshadowing
What does LAT stand for?
Literary Analysis Task
What are the three types of irony?
Verbal, situational, and Dramatic
What is an inference?
An educated guess
What does writing an alternate ending mean?
Write a different ending to the story
What are three examples of Author's Purpose
Persuade, Inform, or entertain
Write what the introduction paragraph to a RST would look like.
Hook, Summarize texts, Thesis
What is it called when you give human-like qualities to non-human things?
Personifaction
Define the following:
point of view
Central Idea
Theme
How a specific person sees something, or the perspective from which the story is told
What the story is mainly about
The lesson of the story
What are the steps of a plot mountain?
Intro, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Conclusion
When you do not know the definition of a word and you have to look around the word to find its answer
Context Clues
Write the outline for a conclusion paragraph of a LAT
Restate thesis, restate topic sentences of each body paragraph, "So What" statement
What did the sunset symbolize in The Outsiders?
Commonality or empathy
Define the following:
conflict
internal conflict
The types of external conflict (ex. Person vs...."
Conflict is the problem of the story
Internal is a mental or emotional problem a character has
Person vs. Person, Nature, and Society
Write a line of dialogue where Mr. Gould cries that John Pork is dead.
Mr. Gould cries, "John Pork is dead!"
"John Pork is dead," cries Mr. Gould.
What is Mr. Gould's favorite color?
Light Blue