Grammar
What are all the proper nouns in this sentence?
Thalia enjoys living in New York City because she loves going to see shows on Broadway.
Thalia, New York City, Broadway
What type of question is being asked when it says: "What is this story mostly about?"
What is Central Idea or Main Idea?
Where and when a story takes place
What is the setting?
How long do you have to complete PM3?
As long as you are working, you may take up to half the school day. Take your time.
Passage:
As the sun crept over the horizon, the city slowly awoke. Buildings yawned into the morning light, and streets stretched as commuters began their day.
Question:
Which rhetorical device is MOST clearly used in the passage?
A. Hyperbole
B. Allusion
C. Personification
D. Irony
C. Personification
What is the error in this sentence?
My favorite class is ELA I love when we get to do test prep.
It is a comma splice and needs punctuation such as: My favorite class is ELA; I love when we get to do test prep.
What you should do when you come to a word you don't know in a text
What is: Read the words around it and use context clues to try to understand it. You can also skip the word to see if you can still understand the text.
The emotion that the reader feels from a story.
What is mood?
Context clues: Signing up for varsity soccer, the spring musical, and a weekend driving course at once left me in a scheduling quagmire.
What is quagmire?
Context clue: inference/example
Passage:
The article argues that the new testing schedule caused “a mountain of stress,” suggesting that students felt completely overwhelmed by the changes.
Question:
What rhetorical device is used in the phrase“a mountain of stress”?
A. Meiosis
B. Personification
C. Hyperbole
D. Allusion
C. Hyperbole
Fix this sentence!
ellie and i went to Knight Park.
Ellie and I went to Knight Park.
Taking notes and underlining important ideas when reading a text is called?
What is annotation?
The message or lesson of a story or text
What is theme?
What should you do the morning before taking a big assessment?
What is eat a healthy breakfast?
Passage:
After working twelve consecutive hours to repair the power grid, the engineer described the task as “a bit tiring.”
Question:
Which rhetorical device BEST describes the phrase“a bit tiring”?
A. Hyperbole
B. Irony
C. Personification
D. Meiosis (understatement)
D. Meiosis (understatement)
Comma or a semicolon - and where? My brother plays basketball on the varsity team he is one of the best players in his high school.
A semicolon between team and he.
What is the meaning of each letter of TPCASTT?
Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shift, Title (again), and Theme
What is another name for a claim statement in an essay?
This word’s morphology includes a prefix meaning “again,” a Latin root meaning “young,” and a suffix meaning “to cause.”
What is rejuvenate?
Passage:
The author notes that lawmakers promised change “with the confidence of an Icarus,” only to abandon the proposal days later.
Question:
Why does the author’s reference to Icarus enhance meaning?
A. It exaggerates success through hyperbole
B. It creates humor through understatement
C. It alludes to a well‑known myth to suggest overconfidence and failure
D. It personifies the lawmakers’ emotions
C. It alludes to a well‑known myth to suggest overconfidence and failure
What is the type of sentence that issues a command.
Example: Give me that book.
Imperative
What is an objective summary?
An objective summary is a short, concise statement of the most important information in a text that is FREE FROM OPINION.
When an object represents a bigger idea, such as a flag represents a country.
What is symbolism?
What is something you should do the night before taking a summative assessment?
What is: get a good night's sleep
Passage:
The article contrasts urban and rural development by stating, “Some communities expand upward in steel and glass, while others stretch outward across open land.” The author then asks, “Must progress always look the same?”
Question:
Which rhetorical strategy does the author use MOST effectively?
A. Hyperbole and irony
B. Personification and meiosis
C. Antithesis combined with a rhetorical question
D. Allusion and understatement
C. Antithesis combined with a rhetorical question