Skills Book. Section IV: Reading Comprehension Understanding Literature

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1 Skills Book Section IV: Reading Comprehension Understanding Literature Answer Key Practice Activities

2 ANSWER KEYS Below is a link to the Answer Key. These pages have been scanned for your convenience. It is your responsibility to go through each and every page and make corrections with your correcting pen. Click Here for Answers to ALL Pages Reading Comp and Lit section 4.pdf

3 PRACTICE PAGES On the following pages are practice pages. These pages have been created to allow you extra practice as needed. If you find you are struggling in certain areas, you should definitely practice. You should also practice these pages to prepare for the test. The test is based on the exact practice skills in the booklet/packet.

4 Author's Point of View Authors often express a point of view, or OPINION. Each opinion statement should be supported by at least one fact Most people that have pets, have a cat or a dog. People disagree all the time as to which pet is best. Cats make the best pet! There are many reasons why cats are the best pet. Cats are very independent. If you go on vacation, you can leave extra food and water and have a friend occasionally check on the cat. On the other hand, dogs need to be kenneled, which costs a lot of money. Watching a cat play with a string or ball is very entertaining. You can sit back and enjoy the cat. However, a dog needs a person to play with and usually won't play alone. On a cold winter's night, there's nothing better than to have your cat snuggled on your lap purring contentedly. If you are trying to choose between a cat or a dog for a pet, cats make the best pet! What's the author's point of view? What is the primary reason why cats make the best pet? What's another good reason cats make good pets? Why did this person write this piece?

5 Technical Directions To understand and explain the use of a simple mechanical device. Always read completely through the directions once before beginning to follow them Write out step-by-step directions of how to get to your house from MCMS.

6 Bias and Stereotyping Bias: Strong Inclination toward a point of view Stereotyping: Jumping to a conclusion about some people because they belong to a specific group Are you a big man with a big appetite? Don t eat a girly salad! Come on down to the Beef Hut, and the gals in back will whip you up a meal you ll never forget! Who is the most discriminated against in the advertisement? A. men B. children C. women D. the elderly Shelby noticed that her dogs were never excited to see her when she came home. She always went straight to the kitchen to get herself a snack and sat in front of the television until her parents came home. It wasn t her job to feed the dogs or give them snacks, and she didn t really like to pet them or play with them in the afternoons. So, the dogs just lay on the carpet until it was dinnertime. Which statement leads to stereotypical thinking? A. Shelby is tired after school. B. Shelby is hungry when she gets home. C. Dogs are lazy. D. Dogs are good pets.

7 Forms of Literature Short Story: brief work of fiction Novel: extended work of fiction Novella: shorter than novel Essay: limited topics with different purposes

8 Plot Story Line with a series of related events Beginning (Exposition) Rising Action Turning Point (Climax) Falling Action Conclusion (Resolution)

9 Characterization Revealed through thoughts/words/speech patterns/actions/other characters/narrator's description

10 Themes Main Idea or Meaning BEHIND the event

11 Narrative Points of View First Person Point of View: I, me, my, we, us Third Person Limited: An observer of the action; he, she, they, their Third Person Omniscient (all knowing): An outsider who sees into the minds of characters

12 Responding to Literature Analysis through characterization, plot, setting, theme

13 Practice "Understanding Literature" using "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto SeventhGrade.doc AT HOME! 1. What form of literature is "Seventh Grade"? 2. What is the purpose? 3. Who is the main character? 4. What is the main character's problem in the beginning? 5. What problem does the main character have during lunch time? 6. What would you identify as the turning point of the story? 7. Why do you think the main character shouts out French terms in class? 8. What happens in the resolution? 9. How would you characterize the main character? 10. From whose point of view is this story told? 11. What theme (or main idea) would best describe this story?

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