READING TERMS
The reader guesses what might happen next based on context clues.
What is a prediction?
It pushed the plot line up; it can be internal or external.
What is conflict?
The words imitate sounds, creating audio imagery.
What is onomatopoeia?
“We walked into a Garden of Eden when we entered the forest.”
What is an allusion?
To tell a story, true or false.
What is the purpose of a narrative text?
The reader guesses about a character's motives, what a word means, or what the theme of the text is based on context clues.
What is an inference?
This is how the story is told--the perspective from which the it is conveyed.
What is point of view?
I admired his sullen face,
the mechanism of his jaw,
and then I saw
that from his lower lip
—if you could call it a lip—
grim, wet, and weaponlike,
hung five old pieces of fish-line,
or four and a wire leader
with the swivel still attached,
with all their five big hooks
grown firmly in his mouth.
What is imagery?
The entire text is symbolic--it may use metaphors or symbols to make a point.
Example: "Terrible Things", Aesop's Fables such as the tortoise and the hare
What is an Allegory?
To convince the audience to think or act in a certain way.
What is the purpose of a persuasive text?
The reader gives a summary of the text without any including any opinions (the opposite of a subjective summary).
What is an objective summary?
The narrator is not an actual character; rather, he/she is an observer, conveying it to the reader.
What is third person point of view?
This is an appeal to the reader's emotions; for example:
I would die without you; I would wait a thousand years for you.
What is pathos (and hyperbole).
The base of the word exhume is HUM. This is called a ____ ____.
What is a Latin Root?
This author is using hyperbole for what effect?
What is humor?
This is the dictionary definition of a word--it's the same for everyone.
What is denotation?
What is dynamic?
"98% percent of users recommend this VRBO site."
We should book it right away!
This is an example of ______.
The author has credentials--they are using facts and data. They are a ______ source of information.
His fingers had become translucent icicles after playing in the snow.
What is the purpose of this metaphor?
What is that dude is cold!?
This is a reader's personal definition of a term--what it means to them (based on their experiences, thinking etc.)
What is connotation?
This is the sub-type of text; for example, Science-fiction is a ______ of narrative text.
What is genre?
We'd better freeze our spending for now!
This is an example of ______.
What is ethos?
The author pretends to be providing information, but in reality they are actually giving an opinion. They are favoring one side of the information over another. They aren't being fair.
You are getting on my nerves...driving me crazy...making me go bananas...driving me nuts...killing me!
These idiomatic expressions are conveying _____.
What is Dude is super annoying?!