Cause and Effect
In a personal narrative, if a character stays up all night playing video games, the effect the next morning would most likely be:
Tired or falling asleep
Words like first, next, then, last, and finally are used to organize events in this type of order:
chronological or sequential
Words that describe a character's personality or appearance are called:
character traits
Making an inference requires combining clues from the text with this existing knowledge in your brain:
background knowledge/schema
A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" is called a:
simile
The reason why something happens in the story is called the cause. The result of that action is called this:
effect
Authors of personal narratives use chronological order primarily to show this about the narrator's experience:
how events happened over time from beginning to end
Unlike external traits, internal character traits are revealed primarily through a character's actions, thoughts, and this:
dialogue or what they say
When you quote or paraphrase exact words from a story to prove your answer is correct, you are using:
text evidence
A comparison that states one thing is another thing without using "like" or "as" is called a:
metaphor
In "Small Steps," Peg collapes during choir class. This was the immediate cause of her collapse:
sudden illness/polio
If an author jumps backward in time to tell a story from the narrator's past before returning to the present, they are using a:
flashback or memory
In a personal narrative, the relationship between two characters often changes in a positive way when one character has this trait towards another:
If a character's hands are shaking and their stomach is in knots before stepping on stage, you can infer that they feel:
nervous, anxious, scared
Simile or Metaphor:
The lake was as smooth as glass.
Simile
Signal words like because, since, as a result, and therefore usually point to this structureal relationship in a text:
cause and effect
An author uses sequential order text struture in a text primarily to:
show the events in order or the exact steps in a process
Every time a new character speaks, a writer must always do this:
start a new paragraph
In a Part A/ Part B question format, Part B will almost always ask you to do this to support your Part A answer:
sentence/quote from the story/ text evidence
What is being compared in the following metaphor:
She is a walking dictionary.
her smarts/brain to a dictionary
Read the scenario.
Because Leo took a few minutes to speak gently and offer a peice of his granola bar, the scared puppy stepped closer.
Which part of the sentence is the effect?
the scared puppy stepped closer
An author structures a personal narrative sequentially most likely to help the reader understand this about the narrator's growth:
how the character changes from beginning to end
Identify the error in the following sentence:
"We need to set up the tent," Dad said, "Before it gets dark."
before should not be capitalized because it is not a new sentence
An inference is different from a simple prediction because an inference focuses on understanding this about the story:
what the author isn't saying or what the author means
The author uses figurative language like similes and metaphors for this purpose:
the help the reader visualize or imagine the character's actions or emotions