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Reading and Literature

Reading and Literature

  • Theme
  • Point of View (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
  • Characterization
  • Connotation
  • Denotation
  • Plot
  • Setting
  • Conflict (5 types)
  • Simile
  • Metaphor
  • Personification
  • Hyperbole
  • Idiom
  • Pun
  • Imagery
  • Symbolism
  • Foreshadowing
  • Flashback
  • Mood
  • Tone
  • Irony (3 types)

Fold a paper into three columns

Term

Definition

Example

Organize these into three columns: (7 in each)

No clue about:

Duh, I know:

I think I know:

List 7 terms you don't know

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Strategies

Reading and Literature

Test questions for R&L will ask you:

  • to read for general understanding
  • to identify, analyze, and know about
  • fiction
  • nonfiction
  • poetry
  • drama.
  • to provide evidence from the text to support your understanding.
  • Review the questions BEFORE reading the passage
  • helps you focus on what info you need to find
  • THEN, read the passage
  • Now, re-read each question and try to answer it before looking at the options
  • is there an answer similar to yours?
  • DO SOMETHING as you read long passages.
  • underline main ideas
  • use question marks, circles, etc.
  • This will AT LEAST keep you interacting with the passage

Conventions

Speaking and Listening

This standard will ask you to:

Julia and George ___1____ walking ____2___ dog through the park, enjoying the cool breeze. The __3___ of them walked up ___4___ a bench and decided __5___ set up ___6___ picnic.

The picnic bench is the exact place ___7___ George had asked Julia to marry him only ___8___ months ago. People say __9__ one of the happiest couples in the area. __10__ wedding is slowly approaching, which has made them ____11__ busy _12__ have time ___13__ relax.

"___14__ never going _15__ finish the planning, __16__ just ___17___ much work," Julia commented. "I don't have a dress to __18__ yet, and I don't know ___19__ going to give me away."

"I'm sure ___20__ going to find __21___ dress when you go shopping with your mother," George replied.

Julia wasn't so sure. She hadn't told George that her mom wanted to her to ____22___ her grandma's ugly old gown.

This content area will ask you to:

  • use parallel structure
  • use various types of phrases and clauses
  • use and apply capitalization, punctuation, spelling
  • use colons to introduce a list
  • use semicolons to link two independent clauses
  • spell correctly

Style

Supporting Evidence

Technical Writing

Tone

Topic

Viewpoint

Vivid Language

Word Choice

Terms:

A. Crisp Block

B. Cookie

C. Olivier

D. Virgil

Illustration

Implied Meaning

Informal Language

Informational Text

Internet

Practice Questions

What does the fine print say?

  • Gather and evaluate information
  • Determine meaning of unfamiliar words/phrases
  • Connotative, denotative, technical meanings
  • Impact of word choice
  • Evaluate P.O.V. and reasoning
  • Use of evidence and rhetoric
  • Evaluate sources
  • Compare and contrast types of media
  • Know how to enhance a message for a particular audience

*Results not typical

Jargon

Layout

Letter

Literal Meaning

Logic

Logical Fallacy

Main Idea

The silhouettes convey a sense of

Accuracy

Adaptation

Allusion

Analogy

Argument

Audience

Bias

Cause And Effect

Central Idea

Chronological Order

Claim

Clarity

Compare And Contrast

Context Clues

Contrast

Credentials

Diction

Media

Medium

Non-Literal

Order Of Importance

Organization

Perspective

Print Source

Problem-Solution

Production Elements

Rebuttal

Scene

Speech

Digital

Evidence

Fallacious Reasoning

Film

Font

Formal Language

Graphic

Strategies

Evaluating Sources

What kind of support does the author offer?

Personal examples

Descriptive details

Endorsements (testimonials)

Statistics

Relevant research

Facts

Opinions

Hearsay

Some support is stronger than others… For example:

“My friend loves peanut butter and he said it was the best peanut butter out there!”

“The National Center for Disease Control has found that the peanut butter contains salmonella”

Presents accurate, unbiased information

Be skeptical of sources that manipulate facts and language

Look at the “fine print”

9th Grade Literature EOCT

May 8th:

Section 1

40 Questions

60 minutes

May 9th:

Section 2

40 Questions

60 minutes

What will your final grade be?

The EOCT is worth 30% of your grade.

Grade = Exam Worth x Exam Score + (1 – Exam Worth) x Current Grade

Current EOCT Final

65 82 70

70 87 75

20%1.2.3.4.5.6.7.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.

The EOCT contains:

Reading and Literature - 35%

Speaking and Listening - 25%

Writing - 20%

Conventions - 20%

We'll spend a proportionate amount of time on our review

(i.e. Majority on Reading and Literature/Speaking and Listening)

35%

25%

20%

Ms. K's Excellent Guide

9th Grade Literature

End Of Course Test

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