Reading Strategies
Word Analysis
Literary and Expository Text
Writing
Language
100
Identifying Similarities and Differences
What is Compare/Contrast?
100
Using nearby words or sentences to determine the meaning of an unknown word
What is Context Clues?
100
Verse, imagery or tone
What is Poetry or Prose?
100
Brainstorming, prewriting, drafting, revising and editing
What is Writing Process?
100
Conversely, However, Instead and Although
What are Words that show Contrast?
200
Organizing events in order of Time
What is Chronological?
200
The feeling of a word
What is Connotation?
200
In the middle of on escene the reader is taken back to an earlier time
What is Flashback?
200
Incident, response and reflection are elements of this
What is Personal Narrative?
200
Accordingly, As a result, Because, Consequently, Due to, For this reason
What are Words that show Consequence?
300
Identifying Why and What happened
What is Cause and Effect?
300
The dictionary definition of a word
What is Denotation?
300
Tension mounts as the character struggles with conflict
What is Rising Action?
300
Words or phrases that show relationship between ideas
What are Transitions?
300
Above all, As a rule, Certainly, Especially
What are Phrases that add emphasis?
400
Attaching new information to what is already known
What is Building Background?
400
What is the actual language used or being said
What is Literal Language?
400
Start of the story that introduces the setting, characters and basic conflict
What is Exposition?
400
Conversation between characters?
What is Dialogue?
400
Additionally, Also, Consequently
What are Words that add an Idea?
500
Making supported guesses about characters, facts, etc.
What is Making Inferences?
500
what is intended or meant
What is Figurative Language?
500
Taking information given by the text and adding it to what you already know to come up with a complete thought
What is Inference?
500
Includes a claim, counterclaim, reasons and evidence
What is an Argumentative Essay?
500
Simple, Perfect, Progressive and Perfect Progressive along with Present, Past and Future
What is Verb Tense?