SHSAT ELA- fiction & poetry question n answers graded A+

SHSAT ELA- fiction & poetryTone - correct answer Tone is an attitude, such as humorous, concerned, or sad, that a writer chooses to show to reader using specific words and phrases. Questions about tone will ask how a word, phrase, or sentence affects the tone of the passage. When answering these questions, first identify the tone by locating keywords throughout the passage. If the author uses words such as "delightful", "joy", and "smiling," the tone is happy. If the author chooses words such as "terror," "distress," and "dread," the tone is fearful. Once you have pinpointed the tone, you select the answer choice that best matches it. Theme - correct answer The theme of a passage is the overall idea, moral, or lesson the author wants the readers to understand. An SHSAT Reading Comprehension question may ask, "How does the conversation in paragraphs 4-6 contribute to the development of the theme?" Before you look at the answer choices, ask yourself, "What does the author want me to know now that I've read the passage?" You can use your answer to find the best match. Character - correct answer A person (or animal) who takes part in a story. Ex: Jo March is the main character in the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Conflict - correct answer A problem between characters or a struggle within a character. Ex: The siblings argued nearly every day about who was the better athlete. Dialogue - correct answer A conversation between characters Imagery - correct answer Words or phrases that provide information about what someone may see, hear, feel, touch, or taste. Ex: The cool water tasted clean and crisp as I gulped it loudly, clutching the worn green canteen in my sweating palms. Irony - correct answer A surprising contradiction or contract Verbal irony: what is said is different than what is meant Dramatic irony: the reader knows something the characters do not Situational irony: something happens that we wouldn't expect to happen Metaphor - correct answer A comparison of two things that does not use the words "like" or "as" Ex: The singer was a beautiful sparrow on stage. Moral - correct answer A lesson the author hopes readers will learn from the story. Ex: The moral of "The Tortoise and the Hare" is that you will be more successful if you work steadily than if you act quickly and carelessly. Narrator - correct answer The speaker or character who tells the story. Personification - correct answer Words or phrases that give a nonhuman subject human characteristics. Ex: The flowers danced in the light breeze. Plot - correct answer The sequence of events in a story Point of view - correct answer a particular attitude about something Ex: From an environmentalist's point of view, a factory that causes high levels of pollution should be closed; from the factory employees' point of view, it should remain open so they can keep their jobs. Rhyme - correct answer The repetition of sounds at the end of words Ex: The sun was done, but we felt like we won; we had run and spun having fun Setting - correct answer The time and place of a story