FlashcardsEnglish Unit 1: Critical Thinking and Literary Analysis Flashcards
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This 41-card flashcard set covers core reading and literary analysis skills for 10th Grade English: critical thinking, annotations, predictions, theme identification, inferences, and text evidence. The set also includes study questions about George Orwell's Animal Farm, focusing on character analysis and symbolism. Use it for unit review, reading comprehension practice, or test preparation.
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- is a question one might while analyzing a text using critical thinking.
- What happens as you practice critical thinking over time?
- What is critical thinking?
- Critical thinking is basically
- What is the definition of an annotation?
- What is a habit that strong readers practice while reading a text?
- How are level 3 questions (asked while reading a text) answered?
- How are level 1 questions (asked while reading a text) answered?
- What could be an example of a Level 3 question as it relates to the tale of Cinderella?
- Why should readers make predictions about a text as they read?
- Predictions made while reading a text are typically made by focusing on
- How do readers make a prediction?
- Predictions about a piece of text can and should be made
- What is the definition of the theme in a piece of literature?
- Which of the following might be an example of a theme?
- Who do they say owns the "meaning" of a work of literature?
- What is one of the best ways to identify the theme of a piece of literature?
- A good way to look for the theme of a story is to
- What is the most important element in a work of literature?
- Which of the following might be an example of a theme?
- How are theme and subject related?
- What is an example of an inference you might make in the following scenario? If you sit down next to your best friend at lunch and she moves to another table you might infer that
- What is an inference?
- Writers don't always tell us everything explicitly. What is the definition of explicit information?
- If you get home from school and your dog jumps up and licks your face at the door, what is a logical inference that you can make from these events?
- Textual evidence is
- Good readers
- It is important to remain "objective" while writing a summary. What does the term "objective" mean?
- What is the purpose of the topic sentence of a summary?
- How should a good summary be organized?
- What is important to remember about a summary?
- What is a summary?
- A summary should be
- What order should a summary follow?
- Orwell once said in a letter, "The turning-point of the story was supposed to be when the pigs kept the milk and apples for themselves." Why is this a turning point in the novel?
- Which of the following best describes Napoleon's view of education?
- Which character mirrors the acts of Joseph Stalin?
- Which character mirrors Karl Marx?
- Which set of words most accurately describes the common animals as a group?
- Who is the character who is narcissistic (self-absorbed) and lazy; relies on humans and enjoys the "luxuries" they provide?
- Who repeats slogans without thinking about what they mean or their consequences?
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