Passage Organization
Genre/Category of Passages
References
Misc. SOL terms 1
Misc. SOL terms
100
Arranged in order of events in the time frame that they happened. For example, the passage has historical dates all throughout it.,
What is chronological order
100
Made up story that includes history events that really occurred
What is historical fiction
100
You use this when you look up an unknown word.
What is dictionary
100
A character that stays the same throughout the story.
What is static
100
A statment that can be proven beyond a shawdow of a doubt.
What is a fact
200
Things arranged by bullets, numbers, and not in standard paragraph form. Example: Tim was successful in the following subjects: 1.) Science 2.) English 3.) Math
What is listing or enumeration
200
a story written about someone's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography
200
a book of maps
What is an atlas
200
A character that changes throughout the story.
What is dynamic
200
Another word for infer.
What is conclude
300
The tornado hit the town and the city, landmarks, and streets were destroyed.
What is cause and effect
300
A story about someone's life written by another person.
What is biography
300
Using this resource gives different word choices in case you see the same word over and over.
What is thesaurus
300
The narrator is a character in the story. Also, what words do you see throughout the passage (know at least 2).
What is first person point of view/I, Me, Mine, Our, We
300
beliefs, viewpoints, and feelings on a subject
What is opinion
400
Reading the similarities and differences of objects, people, or events
What is comparison and contrast
400
A made up story that could take place in real life
What is realistic fiction
400
a book of facts and statistics such as sports, weather, etc.
What is almanac
400
The narrator is outside the action of the story and you know only about what one character thinks, feels, and knows.
What is third person limited
400
What is author's purpose?
What is the reason why the person wrote the passage or story
500
Drawing a conclusion
What is generalization
500
a passage that is true and really happened
What is nonfiction
500
What is a list of references used. A list of people's names, addresses, and phone numbers from a particular place.
What is a bibliography and directory
500
The narrator is outside the action of the story and you know what many or all characters think, feel, and know.
What is Third person omniscient
500
Explain the process of context clues.
What is looking at the words that surround the unfamiliar word in order to determine what that word means. Then plug in the answer choice that you select to make sure it doesn't change the meaning of the paragraph.