Strategies
The T in POETS
What is Theme?
An educated guess, based on context clues, character traits, and the mood/voice of the story
What is an inference?
The reason an author uses figurative language
What is to contribute to the mood and voice?
When and where a story takes place
What is the setting?
A story written to entertain that could actually happen.
What is realistic fiction?
The A in SOAP
What is audience?
A text written to entertain the reader
What is fiction?
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
The turning point of a fictional text
What is climax?
The rhythm of the poem.
What is meter?
The strategy you would use for a poem
What is POETS?
1st POV
What is the narrator talking about their experience/feelings?
Comparing two things by saying one is the other
Ex: This room is an igloo
What is a metaphor?
What is internal and external?
"I am so excited to go to my friends house this weekend!"
The point of view from which this sentence was written.
What is 1st POV?
The strategy you would use for fiction
What is plot diagram or CSPS?
The lesson learned from the story
What is theme?
The form of figurative language used below:
The wind whistled as the storm raged on
What is personification?
You should use this if you cannot determine the meaning of a word using context clues
What is a dictionary?
The tone of the text.
What is voice?
The strategy you would use for informational text
What is SOAP(S)?
A type of question where the correct answer includes the BME, but especially the E
What is summary?
The skillet was as hot as fire
What is a simile?
Multiple character's POV (more than one)
What is 3rd Omniscient?
The first thing you do before you read a poem.
What is number the lines and stanzas?