Reading Test Strategies
What are the 2 literary elements we always look for when reading a text? (HINT: We make a T-Chart to organize the answers)?
Characters and Plot
What are the 3 points of view?
What are the 3 points of view are:
1st person
2nd person
3rd person (limited and omnipresent/omniscient)
A simile is when the writer compares two things using ____ and ____/ A metaphor is when a writer compares two things without using _____ and ____.
like and as
Poems are structured/built using ______ and ________.
lines and stanzas
The theme is the life lesson or message of a work.
When paraphrasing the plot details, what are the 4 things we paraphrase?
Beginning, Middle, End, and Conflict
In 1st Person Point of View, the narrator uses which pronouns?
In 1st Person Point of View, the narrator directly includes themselves in the text by using: I, We, Us, Our, Mine, etc.
What is this an example of?
My hunger ate me alive as it has been days since my last meal.
a. hyperbole
b. personification
c. metaphor
d. theme
A couplet a pair of ____ lines and a tercept is a group of ____ lines
2 lines/ 3 lines
If I ask you "What is the universal theme of a text?" What type of theme am I asking?
A theme/life message that anyone, any age, and during any time period can relate to/understand.
What does it mean when I am asked to "find the central idea" of a text?
The question is asking me what the text is about (like the main idea)
With 3rd Person Omnipresent/Omniscient, the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of how many characters?
With 3rd Person Omnipresent/Omniscient, the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL the characters.
What is a hyperbole?
An exaggeration of a statement to be dramatic or to put an emphasis on something.
Four groups of lines is called a _______.
Quatrain
What is author's purpose?
Author's Purpose is the reason WHY the author is writing a text:
Is the author trying to convince/persuade, explain, entertain, reveal something to you, etc.
What should I do if I come across an important word that I don't know what it means?
If I come across a word I don't know, I should use context clues - meaning to look at words around it and see if I can figure out what it means based on what is happening in the text around the word.
3rd Person Limited is when the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of how many characters?
In 3rd person limited, the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE other character.
What is tone?
Tone is the feeling or attitude the AUTHOR is trying to make us feel based on the words they use.
Look at the last word in each line to see if it rhymes.
1. Which is an example of present tense?
a. She was here. b. She will be here. c. She is here.
2. Which is an example of past tense?
a. He walks there. b. He walked there. c. He is walking there.
1. c
2. b
Should I take notes while reading the texts for PMA 2? and how should I take notes and what should I put in my notes? (HINT: We have made these notes for all of the texts in Unit 2)
Yes. Make a T-Chart to look for characters and plot development
Leslie sat in front of Paul. She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist. Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him. He wanted to pull a pigtail. He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank. He thought it would be fun to tie the pigtails together, or better yet, tie them to her chair. But most of all, he just wanted to pull one.
This #3: 3rd person limited because we only know the thoughts and feelings of 1 character, Paul.
Which rhetorical appeal appeals to the reader's emotions?
a. ethos
b. pathos
c. logos
Pathos
How many times should I re-read a poem to not rush and try my best to get a good understanding of it?
I should read the poem at least 3xs (looking for the central idea, any characters, and the plot - to see what is going on it the stanzas)
What is the difference between the connotative and denotative meaning of words?
connotative meaning is the "feeling" associated with the word (it is happy, sad, negative, positive, etc.)
denotative meaning is what the word literally means - not feelings involved.