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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is both a fiction and non-fiction signpost?
Again and Again
Contrasts and Contradictions
Words of the Wiser
Memory Moment
- 2. Multiple Choice
The author uses numbers, specific number words or amounts
Quoted Words
Word Gaps
Extreme & Absolute Language
Numbers & Statistics
- 3. Multiple Choice
The author uses a word or phrase you don’t know (expert language).
Extreme & Absolute Language
Word Gaps
Quoted Words
Contrasts & Contradictions
- 4. Multiple Choice
The author uses language that leaves no doubt, exaggerates, or pushes the limit.
Numbers & Statistics
Quoted Words
Word Gaps
Extreme & Absolute Language
- 5. Multiple Choice
"Animal rights groups gathered 180,000 signatures for a petition." This is an example of:
Quoted Words
Extreme & Absolute Language
Word Gaps
Numbers & Statistics
- 6. Multiple Choice
"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear," said MLK. This is:
Word Gaps
Extreme & Absolute Language
Contrasts & Contradictions
Quoted Words
- 7. Multiple Choice
This nonfiction signpost shows information that goes against what was previously thought as true OR shows a difference between two subjects or opinions.
Numbers and Stats
Contrast and Contradictions
Opposites
Memory Moment
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of these questions should you ask when you see quoted words?
What did this author write this text
Why did the author quote or cite this person?
Who is the person in the quote?
What should the character say next?
- 9. Multiple Choice
What question should you ask when you see numbers and stats?
Why did the author use those numbers or amounts?
Are those numbers big or small?
What does this question make me wonder?
What life lesson does this amount teach me?
- 10. Multiple Choice
What questions should you ask yourself when you see extreme or absolute language?
Why did the author say it like that?
Why did the character act that way?
How might this change the story?
Why does this keep happening over and over?
- 11. Multiple Choice
What questions should you ask yourself when you see contrasts and contradictions?
What is the contrast and/or contradiction and why does it matter?
What did the character say or do that?
What surprised me?
What did the author think that I already knew?
- 12. Multiple Choice
When you see this question, what signpost is this?
"Why was this person quoted or cited and what does it add?
Words of the Wiser
Quoted words
Again and Again
Word Gaps
- 13. Multiple Choice
When you see this question, what signpost is this?
"Can I find clues in the text to help me?"
Context Clues
Word Gaps
Again and Again
Numbers and Stats
- 14. Multiple Choice
When you see this question, what signpost is this?
"Why did the author use those numbers or amounts?"
Math
Absolute Language
Numbers and Stats
Tough Questions
- 15. Multiple Choice
When you see this question, what signpost is this?
"Why did the author say it like that?"
What did the author think that I already knew?
Why did the character say that?
Extreme or absolute language
All of the above
- 16. Multiple Choice
Contrasts and Contradictions for nonfiction is when
When an author includes numbers, number words, and amounts.
When the author exaggerates
When the character acts or says something differently than before.
When the author presents info that contradicts what you think/know
- 17. Multiple Choice
When you encounter Extreme and Absolute Language, you should ask
Why did the author use this language?
Why did the author quote this person?
How might this change things?
Why might the character act that way?
- 18. Multiple Choice
Nonfiction: For the first time in 16 years, a woman was awarded the world prize in mathematics. (This is an example of...)
Numbers & Stats
Memory Moment
Tough Questions
Again and Again
- 19. Multiple Choice
What are three possible ELA ideas that non fiction signpost connect back to:
The text, the title, and Author's Purpose
Main Idea, Author's Purpose, and Author's perspective
Main Idea, Setting and Plot
Author's point of view, Tough Questions and PIE
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following IS NOT one of our 3 nonfiction big questions?
What surprised me?
What did the author think I already knew?
What is the main idea of the text?
What challenge, changed or confirmed my thinking?
- 21. Multiple Choice
When you read a text multiple times for multiple purposes, that is called:
Close Encounters
Closing the Door
Close Reading
Reading Carefully
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