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Reading Skills
Fiction
Poetry
Expository Text
Practice Makes Perfect
100

The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective

What is point of view?

100
the character or force in conflict with a main character
What is antagonist?
100
grouped lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
100

a statement that cannot be proven true or false

What is opinion?

100

What is the structure used for SAR's and body paragraphs?

What is SEE structure?
200

What are the 3 types of author's purpose?

What is PIE, to persuade, inform, or entertain?

200

written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks


What is dialogue?

200

What is denotation?

The dictionary definition of a word.

200

The position the author takes on an issue.

What is a claim?

200

These words and phrases help connect you ideas and provide fluency in your writing.

What are transitions?

300

a reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work

What is tone?

300

the message; univeral lesson that can be learned from the story

What is theme?

300
words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true
What is figurative language?
300

a summary or short text that describes the original text must include what abbreviated information from the story

What is BME (beginning, middle, and end)?

300

This part of the essay has a hook, background information and a thesis/claim

What is an introduction?

400
how the author creates the passage and puts it together (ex. cause and effect, sequencing, problem-solution, etc.)
What is author's organization?
400

The different kinds of conflict a protagonist can face. 

Internal and External OR

Man vs. Man

Man vs. Nature

Man vs. Society

Man vs. Self



400
the feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood?
400

Name at least two things you need to consider and notice when reading an expository text.

What are graphics, tables/graphs, maps, captions, subtitles, and bolded/italicized words/phrases?

400

This restates, answers, and gives reasoning in response to a prompt.

What is a thesis?

500

the narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character

What is third person omniscient?

500

This solves the main conflict in a story. 

What is climax?

500

What is connotation?

The feeling or symbol associated with a word.

500

These should be included in an ECR (Extended Constructed Response)

1. Intro w/ thesis

2. Supporting body paragraph (SEE Structure)

3. 2nd supporting body paragraph (SEE Structure)

4. Conclusion

500

Identify the SAR Oh NO-NOs.

What are 

1. This shows that...

2. Not using text evidence/paraphrasing

3. Using "I statements"

4. Not writing in complete sentences

5. Not intruducing your text evidence

6. Putting explanation or text evidence in the statement