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May English /Reading 6 SOL Study Guide

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Word Choice & Imagery

Imagery is a picture you get in your mind as you read Authors choose specific words Word Choice to get the reader to have a SENSE of something hear, see, feel, taste, or smell Theme: The lesson in a story or novel. Prediction: Making a reasonable guess using evidence from what you have read. Inference:
Making a reasonable guess based on evidence & thinking

PLOT: (A series of related events that make up a story)

climax (The turning point in a story)

Rising Action

Falling Action

Resolution (The solution to the problem or conflict in a story) Initiating Event (The Event or situation that starts a story)

Characters:
People or animals in a story.
Dynamic - change Static no change Protagonist good guy Antagonist bad guy

Conflict:
Internal: a mental or emotional problem inside a characters brain.
Individual Vs. Self

Conflict:
External: a problem the character outside of his brain.
Individual Vs. Individual Individual Vs. Technology Individual Vs. Society Individual Vs. Nature Individual Vs. Super Natural

Setting:
Time and Place of a story

The Authors Message:

The point or idea the author wants you to know or learn about. Context Clues: Example, contrast, clue words, restatement Synonyms: Words that have similar meanings Antonyms: Words that have the opposite meanings Homophones: Words that sound alike but have different spelling and meaning Prefixes: Part added to the beginning of a word - undo Suffixes: Part added to the end of a word transportation Root Word: The base part of a word ology - biology

Mood or Atmosphere: The feeling created in a story or passage.

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Mr. May English /Reading 6 SOL Study Guide Figurative Language: Simile comparing two things using the words LIKE or AS Hyperbole an exaggeration Personification giving human characteristics to non-human things

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Conclusion: A decision you make after thinking about all the information you have read in the story or text. The conclusion may not be stated directly. You have to look for clues. By putting the clues together, you can draw a conclusion about what you have read.

Onomatopoeia:
Words whose sound suggests its meaning Pow, Buzz, Bam Splat Main Idea: The main point in a paragraph or text. Summary: A short version of the complete story or text not just a specific detail.

Fact:
Something you can prove. Opinion: A feeling or belief.

Analogies:
Heart : body :: engine : car Synonyms small:little Antonyms up:down Object/Action ear:hear Source/Product tree:lumber Part/Whole paw:dog Animal/Habitat bee:hive

Organizational Patterns:
Texts are organized in the following ways -

Chronological Comp/Contrast Cause/Effect Problem-solution General/Principle

Questions to Be Answered
Who

What

When

Where

Why

How

Paraphrase: A short version of something an author writes using different words and all the same details.

As you read, you are expected to think about what you read So as you read, there may be information you want to know that is not stated This is called Identifying Questions to be Answered

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