WorksheetsReading Strategies & Literary Devices
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a symbol?
Another word for a theme
Words that create an image in our mind
three things that represents or stands for something else
a thing that represents or stands for something else
What is Inferring?
Bringing together: what is written in the text [evidence - quotes] What is already known by you as the reader
Inferring helps you to build meaning about the texts
Bringing together: what is not written in the text
What is already known by you as the reader
Inferring helps you to build meaning about the texts
What is already known by you as the reader
Bringing together: what is written in the text [evidence - quotes]
Inferring helps you to predict what will happen
What is a theme?
A theme essentially means the literary devices the story uses.
There is often more than one literary device used in a story.
A theme essentially means the symbol that the story communicates.
There is often three themes that run through a story.
A theme essentially means the idea or ‘message’ that the story communicates.
There is often more than one idea or theme that runs through a story.
A theme essentially means the language used by the author
What is Imagery?
Use of particular words that create visual representation of ideas in our minds
Use of three words that create visual representation of ideas in our minds
Use of the words 'like' and 'as' to create visual representation of ideas in our minds
Use of particular words that create meaning about the text
What is Predicting?
Using your new knowledge to help come up with an idea about what might come next in the text
Using evidence from other texts to see if your ideas turn out
Using your new knowledge to help come up with an idea about what might come next in the text
Your prior knowledge might come from:
- Your friend's life
- From other texts you have read
Using your prior knowledge to help come up with an idea about what might come next in the text
Using evidence from the text to see if your ideas turn out
Your prior knowledge might come from:
- Your own life What you know about the world
- From other texts you have read
Using your new knowledge to help come up with an idea about what might come next in the text
Using evidence from other texts to see if your ideas turn out
Your prior knowledge might come from:
- Your own life
- What you know about the world
- From other texts you have read this week
What does the acronym P.I.T.S.Ta.V.Q stand for?
Planning, Inferring, Text structure, Summarising, Think-aloud, Visualising, Questioning
Predicting, Inferring, Text structure, Summarising, Think-aloud, Visualising, Questioning
Predicting, Inferring, Text structure, Summarising, Think-aloud, Visualising, Quoting
Predicting, Inferring, Text structure, Sentence structure, Think-aloud, Visualising, Questioning
What literary device am I?
“dragged behind like a ball on a chain”
Simile
Personification
Symbol
Imagery
What is Foreshadowing?
an advance hint of what theme will be used in the story
an advance hint of what symbol the author will use in the story.
an advance hint of who the main character is in the story.
an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
What is a protagonist? [pro-tag-on-ist]
The lead character in a text
A character that supports the main character in a text
A character who is against the main character
Another word for theme
What is Questioning?
Asking questions of the text after you read
Asking questions of the text as you read
Questions you have about the text may:
- Come before you read
- During reading
- After reading
Asking questions of the text before you read
Only asking questions of the text during reading
What is a contention?
Your opinion towards the character
Your opinion towards the prompt
Another word for argument
Another word for textual evidence
What does connotation mean?
The main theme used by the author
The central message in a text
An idea or feeling a word creates in addition to its literal meaning.
An idea or feeling three words create in addition to its literal meaning.
What does onomatopoeia [on-o-mat-o-pee-a] mean?
A word that that means the opposite.
For example:
Sizzle, tweet, buzz
Another word for imagery
Another word for a simile
A word that that sounds like how it is written.
For example:
Sizzle, tweet, buzz
Which sentence is correct?
There were many problems with the house. Firstly it did not have electricity.
There were many problems with there house. Firstly it did not have electricity.
there were many problems with the house. firstly it did not have electricity.
Their were many problems with the house. firstly it did not have electricity.
Which sentence is correct?
mr Rowe's snacks are some of the best I have ever tasted.
Mr Rowes snacks are some of the best I have ever tasted.
Mr Rowe's snacks are some of the best I have ever tasted.
Mr Rowe's snacks are some of the best I have ever tasted
