Matt+Myron+Review

Concept Definition Example Analogy (between 2 like features) Metaphor Simile ( you have to use the words like or as) Idiom Personification Hyperbole Root words Affixes Word meanings • Definition • Example • Restate • Contrast Textbooks (a book used in school or work) Newspapers (something you read out of) Signs (something to communicate with) Instruction manuals Atlas ( a book of the earth) Almanac Encyclopedia ( a book of the world) Cause and effect Author’s argument Point of view/ Perspective Technical directions Consumer and workplace documents Author’s evidence Bias Stereotyping Short story Essay Plot Foreshadowing Characterization Theme First Person (a person telling the story) Third Person omniscient Third Person Limited Subjective Point of View Objective Point of view Transitions Anecdotes Descriptions Facts Statistics Examples Note-taking Outlining Summarizing Paraphrasing/rephrasing Bibliography In-text citation Revise for organization Revise for word choice Beginning/middle/end Conflict/resolution Rising action Denouement Major and minor characters Setting ( the place of a book) Dialogue Narrative action Organize around clear ideas and images Card catalog Magazine Newspaper Dictionary (the definitions) Footnotes Support and proposition Reader’s concern Counter argument Main idea Significant details Modifiers Active Infinitives Participles Pronouns and antecedents Parts of speech Structure and types of sentences Pronoun reference Quotation marks Commas Dependent and independent clauses Hyphens Dashes Brackets Semicolons capitalization ( A bigger letter) Newspapers Signs Instruction manuals Atlas Almanac Encyclopedia Cause and effect Author’s argument/ Point of view/ Perspective Technical directions Consumer and workplace documents Author’s evidence Bias Stereotyping Short story (Novella) Novella (a short story) Novel (a story) Essay Plot Foreshadowing Characterization Theme First Person Third Person omniscient Third Person Limited Subjective Point of View Objective Point of view Transitions Anecdotes Descriptions Facts (something real) Statistics Examples Note-taking (to not take) Outlining Summarizing Paraphrasing/rephrasing Bibliography In-text citation Revise for organization Revise for word choice Beginning/middle/end Conflict/resolution Rising action Climax (the best part of a story) Denouement Major and minor characters Setting