1. Nonfiction Why was ______ described as _____________
Effect of metaphors – compare, emphasize, explain, express
How is text structured - chronological
Significance of text’s structure – clarifies, highlights, emphasizes, provides
How author connects ideas – describing, explaining, comparing, giving
Author’s attitude about topic – four words per answer
How author achieves purpose – descriptive phrases to explain, formal language to list, bulleted phrases to clarify, quotes to support
What is author’s purpose – expose, describe, persuade, provide
Objective summary 1

2. Nonfiction Purpose of Dialogue What can be inferred from paragraph…
Meaning of metaphor
Purpose of sentence… - emphasize, create, conclude, summarize
Significance of statement (sentence)… - suggests, explains, tells
How author unfolds ideas – explains, addresses, uses, parallels
What statement summarizes central idea
Effect of one word in paragraph on selection
Effect of metaphor
Effect of phrase – allegory, simile, metaphor, alliteration
Purpose of figurative language in sentence – ironic tone, analogies, metaphors
Meaning of oxymoron in selection
What can be inferred by author’s focus on… 2

3. Fiction How characters’ feelings develop theme
How personification develops setting
Meaning of simile
What is implied in the sentence
Infer possible reason why
What character’s reaction reveals
How connotation reflects character’s attitude
How additional depth to the conflict is introduced 3

4. Fiction
Effect of Third person point of view on reader’s understanding of character’s internal conflict – describe, explain
How character’s description develops theme – emphasizes, explains, offers, shows
What word choice conveys
What can be inferred from statement/sentence - demonstrates, displays, maintains, builds
What is purpose of the sentence - display, explain, provide, show
What assumptions can reader make about character 4

5. Written Response
How does author use language to advance point of view? Support with evidence from text.
Identify author’s point of view
Examples of how author uses lang. to advance p.o.v.
Analyzes the examples
What can be inferred about a character? Support with evidence from text.
Analyzes the character
Uses at least 2 inferences from the selection for support
Analyzes what text says explicitly and makes inferences drawn from it
Why does the author end with a rhetorical question? Use examples to support answer.
Explains reason for ending with rhetorical question
Uses specific details to support reason
Analyzes reason 5

6. Poetry Which line describes the speaker’s feelings about…
What line supports theme…
Diction – vocabulary – synonym
Theme
Effect of Rhyme scheme on theme
Rhythmic, Rhyme patterns, Stanzas, Couplets
Meaning of line… - imagining, recalling, creating, forgetting
How speaker changed - less meek, more overwhelmed, more aggressive, confidently intermixing
What does speaker achieve with line/description of… - forges, presents, describes, confesses
Speaker’s point-of-view affects his/her impression of…
How does speaker’s cultural background affect perception of… 6

7. Identify author’s point of view
Written Response
How does author use language to advance point of view in “Indian Father’s Plea”? Support with evidence from text.
Identify author’s point of view
Examples of how author uses lang. to advance point of view
Analyzes the examples 7

8. Written Response: “The Jewels”
What can be inferred about Madame Lantin? Support with evidence from text.
Analyzes the character
Uses at least 2 inferences from the selection for support
Analyzes what text says explicitly and makes inferences drawn from it 8

9. Written Response: “How Much Land Does A Man Need?”
Why does the author use a rhetorical question for the title? Use examples to support answer.
Explains reason for ending with rhetorical question
Uses specific details to support reason
Analyzes reason
explain what a rhetorical question is
Creates suspense – textual support & analysis
Creates irony – textual support & analysis
Creates connection between reader-author-characters & plot – textual support & analysis 9