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Why do you need reading strategies: To help you understand what you are reading. What is activating and using background knowledge: Taking what information you already know to help you understand what you're reading before you read it. What kind of chart is most helpful to use for using and activating knowledge: . Which question is most likely to be a "Wonder" question in activating and using background knowledge: How do ants choose who their queen is?. What types of questions do you ask when you are generating questions: All of the above . What is the MOST important reason to generate questions: To make something more clear . How do you make an inference: . To make an inference you should...: All of the above. What is predicting: Using what you already know to determine what might happen in a story. What is summarizing a text: Telling only the most important parts of a story. In the SWBST chart used for summarizing, what is the "somebody" of the chart: Main Character. In the SWBST chart used for summarizing, what is the "but" of the chart: The problem. What is visualizing: Creating a picture in your head based off of what you read. What do you use to help visualize what is happening: Five Senses. Jimmy couldn't believe it! He had studied all week long and even had his brother quiz him. He had no idea what he was going to tell his parents, but he knew he would be in trouble.What can you INFER from the text: Jimmy failed a test. The title of the book is "Jenny's Long Walk Home". What would be an appropriate BEFORE question: Why was Jenny walking home?. If you are reading a story and you can relate to how a character is feeling, what type of connection are you making: Text to self. It was the biggest dog I had ever seen. It had black hair with a white circle around one of his eyes. He had a growl that reminded me of a bear, and teeth that reminded me of a shark. And it was walking right towards me.Which reading strategy would you most likely use for this text: Visualizing

Which literary genre involves rhyme, rhythm, and figurative language: Poetry. Which literary genre involves characters, setting, plot, conflict, and theme: Fiction. Theme is described as the lesson or moral of a story: TRUE. Main Idea and Controlling Idea are roughly the same. They are the most important point in a topic: TRUE. Which part of the plot focuses on the protagonist finally solving the conflict: Falling Action. Conflict in a story is limited to character against another character ONLY: FALSE. Which part of the plot enables the readers to get to know the characters, setting, and the main conflict: Introduction. Third Person Limited Point of View allows the readers to know the thoughts and feelings of ONE character in a story: TRUE. Making Inferences allows the readers to draw conclusions based on the details in the text: TRUE. A Novel is an example of narrative fiction: TRUE. Informational Text is a subgenre under Nonfiction: TRUE. Which among the following can be found in a nonfiction text? Check all THREE that applies: Text Structure. Which part of the plot shows how the main character attempts to solve the problem but fails: Rising Action. Which among the following are major genres of literature? Check all that applies: Drama. What do you call the instructions for the actors, set, sound, and lighting on a stage play: Stage Directions. Which among the following is the speaker's stand or arguable statement backed up by evidence: Claim. Flashback is to Future as Foreshadowing is to Past: FALSE. Which among the following statements is true: A Biography is an account of a person's life written by someone else.. Which of the following defines an ALLITERATION: Repetition of Initial Consonant Sounds. Voice in Literature refers to which of the following: Speaker. MOOD is the emotional response evoked by the writer towards the READER of the literary piece: TRUE. Which part of the plot resolves the conflict of the story: Falling Action. "I Wandered Lonely as a CloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills,"What figurative language is found in the lines above? : Simile and Imagery

LAT stands for : Literary Analysis Task. You will be required to read both _________ and ___________ on the NJSLA: . What two main areas are being assessed on the NJ Holistic Scoring Rubric: 1. Reading Comprehension and Written Expression 2. Knowledge of Language and Conventions. On one of the NJSLA days, you will be required to write one or the other: Narrative OR LAT. Choose 1 literary device that you may see in a LAT prompt. : conflict. What is the definition of theme: a lesson or moral of a story. This is conversation between two or more people in a work of literature: dialogue. Tension in literature can be defined as : evoking emotion such as worry, anxiety, fear and stress on the part of both the reader and the characters.. The story circles around this character’s experiences, and the audience is invited to see the world from his or her perspective: protagonist. This is the highest point of tension or drama in a narratives’ plot: climax.  This is the conclusion of the story’s plot. It’s where any unanswered questions are answered, or “loose ends are tied.": resolution. What is the 1st step when you are approaching a literary analysis task: . What is the 2nd step in approaching a Literary Analysis Task: . Choose 1 example of a hook that you can use in your LAT: rhetorical question. How many pieces of evidence do you need from each text to support your answer in a LAT: 3. Choose a closing transition you can use in your LAT: To summarize. Organization can be demonstrated by using : . Addressing the prompt means: staying on task. My goal is to aim for a ____ on the LAT: 4

Read the following passage:"The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs"Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs for a candle. At the foot of the stairs, the match went out."Which type of imagery is found in the underlined lines: Sound imagery. Read the following poem:"The Eagle" by Alfred Lord Tennyson"He clasps the crag with crooked hands;Close to the sun in lonely landsRing'd with the azure world he standsThe wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;He watches from his mountain walls..."What type of imagery is found in the underlined lines: Touch imagery. the literal, dictionary definition of a word: denotation. The word scrawny, as in "Jason appeared scrawny," has a _________ connotation: negative. Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation: negative. Choose the word with the positive connotation: chat. What is the "tone" of a story: The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject. The tone and mood of a text can be very different: true. The words that determine the tone in this passage are..."although I had tried hard and had followed the steps of the scientific method, my experiment didn't work. I dragged myself into class and slouched in my seat, not raising my hand: dragged, slouched. Situational Irony: When the opposite of what is expected is happen in a situation.. Verbal Irony: When the speaker says one thing but means another.. Dramatic irony: When the audience knows something the character does not.. When we know the identify of the superhero, but everyone else wonders who they are, thats...: Dramatic. Irony usually involves something that is : unexpected. Any instance in which the narrator or a character says one thing but means something else is : Verbal Irony. I'd like to visit that museum again as much as I'd like to gnaw off my own foot: Verbal irony. What sense does the following passage appeal to?"She slowly cleared her gravelly throat to make her presence known...": Sound. One bite of the sour lemon caused my lips to pucker.  Which sense does this describe: Taste

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