FAST Review-Tutoring

When reading this type of text, I should utilize the SWIFT method to find structure, word choice, imagery, figurative language, and theme.

• What is Informational Text

• What is Poetry

• What is Literary Text (Prose)

• What is Narrative Writing

When reading this type of text, I should utilize the PACT method to analyze for purpose, argument, central idea, and text structures and features.

• What is Informational Text

• What is Poetry

• What is Literary Text (Prose)

• What is Narrative Writing

When reading this type of text, I should utilize the FAST method to analyze for character interactions, plot development, point of view, perspective, and theme.

• What is Informational Text

• What is Poetry

• What is Literary Text (Prose)

• What is Narrative Writing

What is the first thing you should do when reading a selection?

• Look at the answer choices

• Number the paragraphs

• Identify the genre

• Just start reading

What is the correct order of answering a test question?

• 1. Read the question. Read the answer choices all the way through. Select the best answer.

• Read the answer choices all the way through. Eliminate two answer choices. Select the best answer remaining. Double check annotations to justify answer.

• Read the question. Read the answer choices all the way through. Eliminate two answer choices. Select the best answer remaining. Double check annotations to justify answer.

• Select the best answer. Double check annotations to justify answer.

What is the best way to find the meaning of an unknown word?

• Take your best guess

• Just skip over it, it's not important.

• Look for the word in another paragraph.

• Look for context clues. Ask yourself what or who the word is describing and how is it being described.

How do you determine the tone of a text?

• Pay attention to the author's word choice and how they feel about the topic.

• Read the first and last paragraph of the passage and see which word shows up the most.

• The tone is however the reader feels about the topic.

• Pay attention to who is telling the story.

When analyzing a literary text and the characters' interactions, what should you track throughout the plot?

• The character's speech that shows up in quotations.

• The characters inner thoughts.

• The characters feelings and thoughts, their actions, and how they respond through their actions.

• The characters first impression on the other characters.

How do you identify the point of view?

• Pay attention to how the speaker feels

• Pay attention to who is speaking and telling the story

• Pay attention to the character interactions

• Pay attention to the plot elements

The theme that is developed in a text is what?

• The speakers point of view

• The reader's feelings on the topic

• The universal lesson the author wants you to learn in a text

• The perspective of the narrator and how they view the topic