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Useful Literary Terms Useful Literary Terms Useful Literary Terms Useful Literary Terms
• Allusion • Motif • Allusion • Motif • Allusion • Motif • Allusion • Motif
• Analogy • Narrator • Analogy • Narrator • Analogy • Narrator • Analogy • Narrator
• Antagonist • Persona • Antagonist • Persona • Antagonist • Persona • Antagonist • Persona
• Character • Plot • Character • Plot • Character • Plot • Character • Plot
• Conflict • Point of View • Conflict • Point of View • Conflict • Point of View • Conflict • Point of View
• Diction • Protagonist • Diction • Protagonist • Diction • Protagonist • Diction • Protagonist
• Exposition • Setting • Exposition • Setting • Exposition • Setting • Exposition • Setting
• Imagery • Theme(s) • Imagery • Theme(s) • Imagery • Theme(s) • Imagery • Theme(s)
• Irony • Tone/Voice • Irony • Tone/Voice • Irony • Tone/Voice • Irony • Tone/Voice
Active Reading Skills Active Reading Skills Active Reading Skills Active Reading Skills
ASK QUESTIONS ASK QUESTIONS ASK QUESTIONS ASK QUESTIONS
• Who is involved? • Who is involved? • Who is involved? • Who is involved?
• What are they doing? (Why?) • What are they doing? (Why?) • What are they doing? (Why?) • What are they doing? (Why?)
• What do they want very badly? (Why?) • What do they want very badly? (Why?) • What do they want very badly? (Why?) • What do they want very badly? (Why?)
• What is the situation or problem? • What is the situation or problem? • What is the situation or problem? • What is the situation or problem?
• Who is telling the story? (Why?) • Who is telling the story? (Why?) • Who is telling the story? (Why?) • Who is telling the story? (Why?)
• How is the story designed? (Why?) • How is the story designed? (Why?) • How is the story designed? (Why?) • How is the story designed? (Why?)
• What is the source of tension? • What is the source of tension? • What is the source of tension? • What is the source of tension?
• Can you trust the narrator? • Can you trust the narrator? • Can you trust the narrator? • Can you trust the narrator?
MAKE CONNECTIONS MAKE CONNECTIONS MAKE CONNECTIONS MAKE CONNECTIONS
• I wonder why.... • I wonder why.... • I wonder why.... • I wonder why....
• What caused… • What caused… • What caused… • What caused…
• I think... • I think... • I think... • I think...
• This is similar to... • This is similar to... • This is similar to... • This is similar to...
• This is important because... • This is important because... • This is important because... • This is important because...
• What do they mean by... • What do they mean by... • What do they mean by... • What do they mean by...
• What I find confusing is... • What I find confusing is... • What I find confusing is... • What I find confusing is...
• What will happen next is... • What will happen next is... • What will happen next is... • What will happen next is...
• I can relate to this because... • I can relate to this because... • I can relate to this because... • I can relate to this because...
PREDICT PREDICT PREDICT PREDICT
• What will happen next? • What will happen next? • What will happen next? • What will happen next?
• Why do you think that? • Why do you think that? • Why do you think that? • Why do you think that?
• What effect will that have on the story • What effect will that have on the story • What effect will that have on the story • What effect will that have on the story
or the characters? or the characters? or the characters? or the characters?
SUMMARIZE SUMMARIZE SUMMARIZE SUMMARIZE
• What happened? • What happened? • What happened? • What happened?
• What is essential to tell? • What is essential to tell? • What is essential to tell? • What is essential to tell?
• What was the outcome? • What was the outcome? • What was the outcome? • What was the outcome?
• Who was involved? • Who was involved? • Who was involved? • Who was involved?
• Why did this happen? • Why did this happen? • Why did this happen? • Why did this happen?
• Is that a detail or essential information? • Is that a detail or essential information? • Is that a detail or essential information? • Is that a detail or essential information?
CLARIFY CLARIFY CLARIFY CLARIFY
• Read ahead if you have a basic • Read ahead if you have a basic • Read ahead if you have a basic • Read ahead if you have a basic
understanding of the text understanding of the text understanding of the text understanding of the text
• Ask questions • Ask questions • Ask questions • Ask questions
• Re-read what you don’t understand • Re-read what you don’t understand • Re-read what you don’t understand • Re-read what you don’t understand
• Identify what you don’t understand so • Identify what you don’t understand so • Identify what you don’t understand so • Identify what you don’t understand so
you know what to ask help on you know what to ask help on you know what to ask help on you know what to ask help on
SYNTHESIZE SYNTHESIZE SYNTHESIZE SYNTHESIZE
• Three important points/ideas are... • Three important points/ideas are... • Three important points/ideas are... • Three important points/ideas are...
• These are important because... • These are important because... • These are important because... • These are important because...
• What comes next... • What comes next... • What comes next... • What comes next...
• The author wants us to think... • The author wants us to think... • The author wants us to think... • The author wants us to think...
• At this point the article/story is about... • At this point the article/story is about... • At this point the article/story is about... • At this point the article/story is about...
• I still don’t understand... • I still don’t understand... • I still don’t understand... • I still don’t understand...
• What interested me most was... • What interested me most was... • What interested me most was... • What interested me most was...
• This means that • This means that • This means that • This means that

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