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What is style?

A writer's verbal identity

The setting can:

All are correct

What character traits did we see in the antagonist of ''The Three Little Pigs''?

Big and bad

The three basic parts of literary analysis are

Comprehension, Interpretation, and Analysis

Which is the correct order for analysis?

Comprehension, interpretation, draw conclusions

Plots should have an emotional impact on the reader to make the theme important. How does the plot in The Ugly Duckling build towards an emotional impact?

It leads the Duckling to the point of despair before things suddenly turn around.

What does it mean to analyze a text?

It means to identify its component parts, including the main idea, reasons, and evidence.

If you're taking a multiple-choice test, and you must choose a conclusion that can be drawn from a text, you should:

Re-read the text to see which details or facts point to one of the options on the test.

Which of the following is a direct description of the setting?

That morning he missed the bus.

Longer pieces of literature can have several themes. One theme in The Diary of Anne Frank: A Play is:

The teen years are lonely years.

The climax of the plot in The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing is:

The wolf eats the first lamb

What is the purpose of a text?

The writer's reason for writing.

What does the last phase of literary analysis involve?

Themes and morals/messages

In the story of The Ugly Duckling, how do the characters connect to the theme?

They give the theme impact by making the reader feel the injustice.

What is the second step readers must take to draw an inference?

Think about what they already know from their own experience in the real world

To synthesize means:

To combine information in a logical way to form a clear and comprehensive picture of the topic.

You are reading a text that offers a series of steps for learning how to swim. What is the purpose of the text?

To instruct

To analyze a text means:

To look closely at the text and draw out as much information as possible.

What is your best clue to the intended audience in an essay?

Word choices of the essay

Two of the ways that voice in writing can be conveyed are

all of the answer choices

A story that's as long as 'The Tell-Tale Heart' can be objectively summarized in about how many sentences?

5

What is an antagonist?

A character that serves as an obstacle to the resolution of a conflict

Which of these statements about the audience is true?

A less informed audience may require different information on a subject than more experienced audience members.

An author creating a structure is NOT similar to:

A pitcher on a baseball team throwing the first pitch of a game

What is a protagonist?

A story's central character who faces a major conflict that must be solved before the story's end

Who would be the most likely intended audience for the following paragraph? The hybrid approach to integrated circuit design involves attaching two or more integrated circuit dies along with some discrete components in the same case. It is often, and desirably, transparent to the consumer whether the circuit is monolithic or hybrid. The hybrid integrated circuit is typically more costly than the monolithic structures.

A student majoring in electrical engineering

Who would be the best intended audience for this paragraph? The moon is not really made of green cheese. It is made of atoms found in rocks and dirt. Clouds are not made of cotton candy, but of atoms found in air and water.

A young child learning about atoms

To interpret the setting, what is a good question to ask?

All are correct

Which of the following is the setting?

All are correct

Which of the following refers to selecting one word over another?

Diction

When listing the events of the story, what should you keep in mind when choosing what to list?

Don't pick minor, unimportant events.

What two types of editing do we engage in when editing the work of others?

Editing for content and grammar

The theme in The Lion and the Mouse is:

Even little friends can be a big help.

If you're asked to write an objective summary, which of the following should you avoid?

Explaining your ideas about the meaning of the story

On a plot timeline, which is the correct order:

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

What is the definition of comprehension?

Gaining a basic understanding

Why is drawing conclusions an important skill for readers to learn?

It encourages readers to pay attention to what they are reading, use what they know from life experiences, and look at the details and facts in the text as clues that will help them draw conclusions about what is meant but not explicitly stated.

Why is structure so important in writing fiction?

It helps to hold all of the elements of the work together and develop the theme.

Consider the following fable: A Fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine trained along the branches of a tree. The grapes seemed ready to burst with juice, and the Fox's mouth watered as he gazed longingly at them. The bunch hung from a high branch, and the Fox had to jump for it. The first time he jumped he missed it by a long way. So he walked off a short distance and took a running leap at it, only to fall short once more. Again and again, he tried but in vain. Now he sat down and looked at the grapes in disgust. What a fool I am, he said. Here I am wearing myself out to get a bunch of sour grapes that are not worth gaping for. And off he walked very, very scornfully. What is the theme of this fable?

It's easy to dislike what you can't get.

In examining author style and language, what is it that you need to already have a working knowledge of?

Literary devices

Which is the correct order to a narrative structure?

Plot introduced, complications/crisis, turning point, and resolution.

Which is a way to challenge yourself in finding the gist?

Practice the four steps with an unfamiliar subject.

Which of the following is NOT a strategy for improving reading comprehension?

Practicing your writing based on activities in your daily life

What is step 1 in comprehending a plot?

Protagonist

What is the third step readers must take to draw an inference?

Put the pieces together in a logical way to produce a reasonable conclusion

What is the first step in editing an essay written by another writer?

Read through the essay to understand the original writer's intent

In a paraphrase, you:

Rewrite the author's idea in your own words in about the same length

At the beginning of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, we are given the information that the characters live in Verona. What basic part of comprehension does this information fulfill?

Setting

How does setting comprehension differ from setting analysis?

Setting comprehension involves identifying the setting, while setting analysis is gathering information about the setting that is not explicitly stated.

In indirect characterization, ____.

The author shows the characters in action and invites readers to discover their traits through their words and choices

In direct characterization, ____.

The author simply tells the reader about a character's traits

How's does an era's zeitgeist affect an author's work?

The beliefs and ideas of an author's era tend to show up in his or her work, making even recycled stories unique.

Which statement below BEST defines a theme used in literature?

The ideas about life the author wants to express.

What is the definition of 'gist'?

The main point or essence.

You are reading a text that's attempting to convince you chocolate cake is the best dessert. What is the purpose of the text?

To persuade

Why is identifying the audience important?

To put the writing in the proper context

Which of the follow statements is true?

Writers sometimes seem to leave out pieces of information in their texts.

Which choice is the best definition for theme?

an important life lesson expressed by the author

Voice in writing must be:

authentic and consistent

Texts providing sensory details allowing readers to form a mental picture of some person, place, thing, or event are texts that _____.

describe

What is a technique for developing a voice as a writer?

focus on communicating strong feelings that you have

Which of the following is something you want to be sure to include in your objective summary?

the main character

What are the plot, setting, and characters in a story all related to?

theme

Which of the following is NOT a step in synthesizing two texts?

Decide which text is better than the other one.

Which of the following literary elements are NOT included in structure?

Dialogue

What is dialogue?

Conversation between characters

Texts that provide facts about some topic the writer believes is important for the reader to understand are texts that _____.

inform

Voice in writing is:

the individual personality of a piece of writing.

Which of the following statements is true?

An important part of analyzing a text is offering your own opinion about how successful the text is and reasons for that opinion.

The theme of The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing is:

Appearances can be deceiving

In order to draw conclusions, readers need to:

Consider what they already know from their own experiences and gather all of the information that the author has given them (characters' personalities, feelings and motivations, the time period and place, conflicts, etc.).

Which question could be good to ask in the drawing conclusions step?

How did the setting help reveal the theme?

What is the first step readers must take to draw an inference?

Look for clues in the text

Who is the protagonist in ''The Three Little Pigs''?

Youngest pig

____ in fiction is a reasonable conclusion or judgment about some element of a story based on information given in the story and the reader's personal knowledge of how the world works.

An inference

When teaching beginning readers to draw conclusions, it's important to guide them in the process by:

Building on their background knowledge and pausing to ask questions that lead them to draw conclusions based on what they know from life experience and what they've read in the text so far.

In the story of The Ugly Duckling, what setting makes the final revelation even more powerful? This setting isolates the Duckling and keeps him from seeing himself.

the frozen pond

When you write the events you'll want to paraphrase them. Paraphrasing means...

to change the wording to your own words

What is a good question to ask about a character's behavior?

How does the character respond to obstacles?

What is the structure of a story?

How the story is organized

Which of the following is NOT a step in analyzing an individual text?

Identify the author's background.

What would be the BEST editing option for the paragraph below? 'Cars are one of the ways people all over the world travel. Transportation has changed a lot over the past 200 years. People travel at speeds most couldn't imagine 200 years ago. A distant land most could only dream of can now be traveled to by the average person in many countries.'

Move the first sentence to the end of the paragraph

You must always be sure to give the author credit whenever you ___________ his or her ideas.

Quote, paraphrase, or summarize

A student finds herself constantly trying to figure out what the author meant when she reads sections of her textbook. Which of the following is NOT a way to improve her reading for the gist of the section?

Re-reading the article several times

Which of the following makes a comparison between dissimilar things using the words 'like' or 'as'?

Simile

Which of these uses a concrete object, event, or character to stand for an abstract idea?

Symbolism

In ''The Three Little Pigs,'' what is the purpose of the brother pigs?

To show that slacking off isn't a good idea

In order to make your writing reflect your individual personality you must:

make choices that reflect who you are inside

Drawing conclusions is:

using information that is implied or inferred to make meaning out of what is not clearly stated.

From the following options, what suggestion would you make when editing the paragraph below? 'I love to hear the rain falling. It doesn't matter if it is reining hard or soft; I love it. I love what the rain represents - cleansing and nurturing for all of the Earth. The rain is amazing.'

Change 'reining' to 'raining' in the second sentence

In a summary, you:

Condense the author's idea into your own words

Which of the following is a question we should ask ourselves when editing the work of others?

What is the mood of the piece?

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of learning to find the gist of a piece of text you are reading?

You can eventually begin to skip over parts of passages as you read and still figure out what's going on in the writing.

Which of the following refers to appealing to the reader's senses through descriptive language?

Imagery

The theme of The Tortoise and the Hare is:

Slow and steady wins the race.

You are reading two books about early colonist settlements and you are comparing the reasons and evidence listed in each book. Which process are you doing while reading?

Synthesizing