Text Comprehension
The typical location of a main idea in a text
What is the first few sentences?
Language that has a deeper meaning beyond its surface definitions.
What is figurative language?
A heuristic having to do with people in a piece of text.
What is who?
A statement of truth or non-truth
What is a claim?
A poem with syllables structured as 5/7/5
What is a haiku
An annotation tool used to summarize / comprehend what has been discussed in a section of text.
What is marginal notes?
Language that means exactly what it says
What is literal language?
Name an example of a heuristic question, having to do with setting.
What is when or where?
Details or explanation that backs up claim; comes from person writing essay
What is support?
A poem structured as 5/7/5/7/7
What is a tanka?
A literary device used to contrast two ideas
What is irony?
Identify the type of language used below (figurative or literal):
"It's so cold out I need two coats!"
What is literal language?
A literary device used to find deeper meaning in a text, through a series of questions.
What is heuristics?
Identify the type of argumentative element:
"Some uneducated citizens deny the presence of drones in our public parks, reasoning that the government has 'no reason to spy on us'."
What is counterargument?
A couplet of tankas responding to each other
What is a somonka?
The author's word choice in a piece of text.
What is diction?
Identify the type of language used below (figurative or literal):
"His eyes were as green as the sea"
What is figurative?
What is the "Who, what, when" and "where" of this short story:
Katy perry went to the store. It was late so she only got milk and that was it. When she was in the checkout line, someone came behind her and choked her out and now Katy perry is dead. The assassin was Justin Timberlake. The end.
What is Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, milk, late, and the store?
A piece of text needed to prevent plagiarism
What is citation?
Identify the type of poem:
"Bluebell flowers bloom / Where spring bears great life anew / Fresh in morning dew"
What is a haiku?
The way a sentence is structured / arranged to convey meaning
What is syntax?
The character Sophia from Golden Girls often tells stories about her life in Sicily, Italy. What kind of figurative language does she often use? -a morgan question
What is hyperbole?
The Greek etymology of 'heuristics' -a morgan question
What is 'to find out'?
A type of response requiring a restating of the question
What is short response?
Identify the type of poem:
"Oh green M&M / How I love your verdant hue / Please marry me"
What is NOT a haiku cause its the wrong syllables ahaha