Passages that you might have:

King Henry VII- Expository

● The word infamous in the passage means – Notorious

Social Media- Persuasive

● It’s talking how now of days there’s a lot of news on the internet, which some are

true and some are fakes. People just share them depends on how they feel about

it.

● It’s trying to get people to fact checking before just posting random information.

(By Tamika Y.)

UFO- Narrative

● It’s talking about aliens, and an old man that got lost. (READ THE PASSAGE, Is

on The GROUP :)

Greek Theater- Expository

The robbery passage (Dog and Humans are Best friend)- Persuasive

● When it asks how would you rename this passage answer is (Jewel Thief on the

Lose)

Frida Kahlo- Expository/ Informative

● They will ask you to put her life in chronological order and the answer to that

question is: First, she got hit by a train;

Next, she started drawing pictures of herself; Then, she married Diego. (Credit to

Tamika Young for this)

Casino Passage- Persuasive

● It’s trying to explain how is better to go to a Casino then buying a lottery ticket.

Buying a lottery ticket, you have a lowest change of winning than going to a

Casino and playing.

The Chili Recipe- Expository

● Read carefully the Recipe and the questions.

● One of the answers is to rinse the beans first.

Central Park Passage- Expository / Informative

● All I remember is that it’s a famous park in New York.

● The passage will ask you to put the sentences in chronological order. (By Tamika

Y.)

Time ManagementChimney PassageType of Passages:

● Expository : Something you find in an academic journal, a recipe, etc. (Very

technical) (Teach, Inform, or explain.) ● Technical : Is like following steps to

complete something.

● Narrative : Telling a story and entertain

● Persuasive : Making you believe something or to do something.

● Descriptive : Give physical details or provide unique characteristics

Most know this:

● Author Purpose : His reason to write a specific topic.

● Theme: The subject to talk, a piece of writing, a person thoughts.

● Topic : that part of a sentence about which something is said. (a conversation)

● Main Idea : Is usually in the first sentence, overall idea of the paragraph.

● Fact: Something that it can be prove is true. ● Opinion : A view or judgment.

● Bia : Against something or someone.

● Compare : two or more

● Inform : Give facts

● Entertain : Fiction

● Express : Feelings

● Stereotypes : A characteristics ascribed to groups of people involving gender,

race, origin, etc.

● Cause and Effect : The author describes a situation and then its effects.

● Compare and Contrast : The author explores the similarities and differences

between two or more things.

● Chronological : The author list events in the order in which they happened.

● Mood: Influences a reader emotional state in the piece. ● Tone : Describes the

author’s attitude toward the topic.

To Respond to Questions, you Should know this:

● Almanac : A book that gives you important dates such tidal waves, astronomical

events, etc.

● Thesaurus : A dictionary that has definitions, synonyms and antonyms.

● Bibliography : A list of books, magazines, articles, etc.

● Biography : Story of someone written by someone else.

● Autobiography : Story of someone written by the same person.

● Atlas : A book of maps or charts.

● Appendix : A section or table at the end of the book.

● Index: Reference in alphabetical order to where everything is in the book. ●

Glossary : Alphabetical list of terms of words with definition.

The word Disseminate is in one the Passages and they ask you what does it

means: Answer will be (Spread of disperse)

● Metaphor : A figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word

or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another.

Example: Noah Has a heart of a lion

● Simile : A comparison of two different things using the words LIKE or AS.

Example: On her first day of school, Jane was as cool as a cucumber.

● Forum : Online message board.

● Rhetorical : Used for effect not meaning.

● Memorandum: A written informal note usually used for business purposes.

● Sequential : Following SET of Orders. (First, Second, Third, Next, While, Last,

Before, After) ● Anecdote: A short story that illustrates a concept but isn’t the

main idea.