Literary Terms
What is setting? What is conflict?
Setting: the place, time, or period of the story
Conflict: the main issue or problem of a story
What is theme?
The lesson or message of the story
What is a text structure?
how a text is organized to present information in the way the author intended.
I tried to remain flexible about everything.
The Latin root "flex" in the word flexible means:
1. easily bendable
2. willing to adapt
3. very stiff
4. curious
2. Willing to adapt
What should you do the night before an exam? 100 points per right answer
Possible right answer: Eat a good dinner, study, get a good night's sleep, avoid watching too much TV or phone use, do something relaxing
What is a theme? and how does it develop throughout a story?
Theme: the message or lesson of the story, usually a statement
How theme develops: This means showing evidence from the beginning, middle, and end of the story that proves the lesson or message of the story
What is Rhyme?
the ending sound of two or more words sound alike
Context Clues
the words, images, and text that help us determine the meaning of a word or text
"That's exactly what I'm worried about. Last year, Mom was not a quiet spectator."
What does the word spectator most likely mean as used in the sentence?
A. A person who watches something happen
B. A person who competes in a sport
C. A person who writes down scores
D. A person who cheers loudly
A. A person who watches something happen
What should you do the morning of an exam? 200 points per right answer
Right answers but not limited to: Study, eat a good breakfast, give yourself a pep talk, get dressed and put effort into your look (research shows when you feel your best, you look your best), tell a classmate good luck,
What is character perspective?
Character Perspective: The character’s opinion or feelings about a topic or person
What is a hyperbole?
an extreme exaggeration “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse”
The main argument or opinion of an article
What is the most likely meaning of the Latin root "cog" in "recognize"?
A. to fight
B. to dress
C. to know
D. to see
C. to know
What should you do to your scratch paper BEFORE starting the ELA exam?
Create your tackle the text boxes. Remember you can ALWAYS ask for more paper.
Point of View: who or what is telling the story
First Person Point of View: One of the main characters is telling the story from their perspective, key words include “I,me,we”
Third Person Point of View: Telling the story from an all knowing person or just one of the characters, key words include “she,he,they”
What is the term to describe when a nonliving thing does human actions “the tea kettle whistled loudly” “the trees whispered to each other”
Personification
What is author's evidence AND author's reasoning
Author’s evidence: the text-based information that author’s reference to prove their claim, including text, pictures, graphs, and visuals
Author’s reasoning: the reasons or ideas to back up the author’s claim, the author’s reasoning should connect the claim and evidence together
"She thanked her neighbors for their advice, but she was not persuaded."
What does the word persuaded most likely mean as used in the sentence?
A. Politely asked to follow someone's advice
B. Forced to change her decision
C. Strongly convinced to believe or do something
D. Encouraged to be respectful to others
C. Strongly convinced to believe or do something
If you are feeling tired during the exam you should ask your teacher to...
go to the bathroom, get water and take a short walk, ask to stand up for a few minutes.
What are primary and secondary sources?
Primary Sources: a first-hand record of an event or topic created by a participant or a witness to that event, for example “a journal of someone who sank on the Titanic”
Secondary Sources: a text that is written after an event occurs, typically an analysis or interpretation of that event “a newspaper article reporting on the sinking of the Titanic”
What is the difference and similarities between a metaphor and simile?
Metaphors and similes both compare two unlike things as figurative language, but a simile is less direct as it uses "like" or "as"
What is the different between the central idea and a theme?
The central idea is the main topic of the story or article, the theme is the message or lesson of the story
I just wanted practice to be brief and I wanted to get through it
The word brief comes from the Latin word brevis, which means....
1. long
2. easy
3. exciting
4. short
4. Short
How much time do you have to take the ELA exam?
ALL DAY! Until 3:20pm.