Passage Picker
Pick out the passage you would like to share with your group and write down the page___________ and paragraph_______ numbers.
Write down the first two words _______ _______ and the last two words ________ _________of your passage.
Possible "Types" of Passages
| Important | Informative | interesting |
| Surprising | controversial | descriptive |
| Historical | confusing | persuasive |
| Dialect | simile | metaphor |
| Personification | idiom | alliteration |
| Fantasy | thematic | scientific |
| Problem/solution | fact/opinion | cause/effect |
| foreshadowing | step by step | math |
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Funny/amusing
humorous/entertaining
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Scary/frightening
mysterious/intriguing
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melancholy/sad |
This passage is a ___________________type of passage because_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________
Think of a good thinking question about the passage. Write it down along with the answer to this question.
Answer one of these questions in a complete sentence(s): Why did the author include this passage in the story? What does this passage add to the story?