STAAR
What is I in PIE?
Informative
The meaning of convey.
What is "to tell or make known to the reader"?
Language that has deeper meaning beyond the literal.
Think METAPHOR/SIMILE
What is figurative language?
How do you write a thesis? (think how you begin writing)
When summarizing a story, what is at least one part of the plot structure (roller coaster)?
exposition(main character/setting, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What is the E in PIE?
Entertain
The meaning of infer.
What is "to come to an opinion by reasoning from facts of observations"?
A turning point, the highest point in a story, when the intensity of the story happens usually.
What is Climax?
The organization of an informational ECR.
What is a four- or five-paragraph essay?
The strategy you use when writing an SCR and ECR.
RACES
What is the P in PIE?
Persuasive/Argumentative
The meaning of explain.
What is giving details and describing?
The sequence of events that make up a story.
What is the plot?
Proof in the writing to explain answers.
What is textual evidence?
How do you look at/eliminate answers? give me your strategy...
There will be at least one that makes little sense, narrow it down to three, then choose the BEST answer that makes the MOST sense to the answer.
What is a noun?
person,place, thing
Character, conflict, resolution
The reason for or intent in writing of an author.
What is Author's Purpose?
Factual writing about real people, places, event, ideas, or things.
What is NonFiction?
The strategy you do when reading any text (think of what we do together when reading an article).
What is annotate/highlight/chunk
What is a proper noun?
A specific noun that is capitalized
What is sensory language? (think sight/hearing/touch/smell/taste
What is "words or phrases that appeal to your 5 senses"?
What gives human characteristics to non-human things?
What is personification?
The text is mostly about.
What is Controlling Idea? (Or thesis, central idea, main idea)
What is the C in RACES?
CITE