The first thing you should do when you get the passage is...
What is look at the text features and decide whether it is fiction or expository
100
Group of lines seperated by a space
What is a stanza
100
When words or phrases are repeated periodically throughout the poem.
What is repetition
100
Includes information from the beginning, middle, and end of the passage.
What is summary
100
Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain and Describe are all types of what
What is author's purpose
200
While you are reading the passage, make sure you stop at least____ or ____ times on the PAGE
What is 2 or 3 times
200
The rhythm of the accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry.
What is rhyme scheme
200
A poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem
200
The sequence of events in a story, play, or movie. Rising action, climax. falling action.
What is a plot
200
Sequence, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, and Description are all types of what
What is author's organization of a text
300
When you see an underlined word, you should _____ it and __________ the sentence _________, _________, and ____________.
What is box it, and underline the sentence before, the sentence it's in and the sentence after.
300
When a line of a poem ends and another starts on the next line.
What is a line break
300
A comparison of unlike objects using the words "like" or "as". She is as beautiful as a sunrise.
What is a simile
300
The central topic, subject, or lesson the author is trying to point out
What is theme
300
Something you can prove
What is a fact
400
True or False, You can find ALL your answers in the text.
What is false
400
A poem that expresses the poet's feelings.
What is a lyrical poem
400
A direct comparison of two unlike things. "All the world's a stage and we are merely players."
What is a metaphor
400
The point of view when the word "I" is primarily used.
What is first person
400
What does the cast do in a drama/play
What is read the lines
500
If you can't find an answer in the text what should you do?
What is infer.
500
A poem that does not rhyme.
What is a free verse poem
500
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem:
Our house is small--
The lawn and all
Can scarcely hold the flowers,
Yet every bit,
The whole of it,
Is precious, for it's ours!
What is AA B CC B
500
The point of view when he, she, it, or they is primarily used?
What is third person
500
How do you infer?
What is use your background knowledge and text clues