Test Strategies
Poetry
Vocabulary
Grammar
Misc.
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The testing strategy you should use when answering questions about grammar. (ex: combining sentences, best change to make to sentence __.)

What is WIRRD or CUPS

100
Group of lines separated by a space.
What is a stanza?
100
Q1"Winds may be hazardous. Remain indoors." What does the word "hazardous" mean? A. fast B. cold C. unsafe D. steady Q2 The phrase that helps you find the meaning.
What is Q1 C Q2 remain indoors
100

Rewrie the sentence and insert a comma in the appropriate place. 

I asked him a question but he did not answer me.

What is - I asked him a question, but he did not answer me.

100

"The sea is a shiny emerald beneath the sky."

What is a metaphor?

200

What you should do while reading through the answers on a multiple choice question?

What is eliminated the incorrect answers?

200
The rhythm of the accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry.
What is rhythm?
200
Q 1"It's not something you do actively: it's involuntary." What does the word "involuntary" mean? A. not visible B. not done under your control C. not done in a healthy way D. not happy Q2 The phrase that helps you find the meaning
What is Q1 B Q2 not something you do actively.
200
The sequence of events in a story, play, or movie. Rising action, climax. falling action.
What is a plot?
200
Which of the following is a simile? A. The teacher likes when her class listens. B. The road was as flat as a pancake.
What is B?
300

The name of the strategy used for writing your extended constructed response essay.

R.A.C.E or R.A.C.E.C.E

300
When a line of a poem ends and another starts on the next line.
What is a line break?
300
Last summer we went on vacation to New York City. New York is filled with "skyscrapers", such as the Empire State Building, and other tall office and apartment buildings. It was a fun place to visit even if I did have to strain my neck because I was looking up all the time. What is the correct meaning of skyscrapers? A. tall buildings B. Buildings in NYC
What is A
300

What the story is mainly about.

What is the main or central idea?

300

Which of these lines from a poem includes examples of alliteration? A. They were as different as night and day. B. Too Tall Sally and So Short Tom C. She got what she needed and nothing more. D. Why two such folks would choose to wed

What is B. Too Tall Sally and So Short Tom

400

When you read an unfamiliar word, these are the words you can use to figure out the meaning of the unfamiliar word.

What are context clues?

400

A poem that tells a story

What is a narrative poem?

400

My friend and I have a new project. He has a huge tree in his backyard and we want to build a tree house. First, we need to get some "lumber". We are going to go to a store that sells wood for that. What is the meaning of the word "lumber"? A. boards cut from logs. B. Move in a clumsy way.

What is A.

400

The type of punctuation that is missing from this sentence.

Have you been outside today? said Lisa. 

What is quotation marks?

400

This letter in the strategy R.A.C.E. represents the body paragraph where you use text evidence to prove your answer.

What is the letter C?

500

True or false. When using context clues to find the meaning of the multiple meaning word, you must look only in the sentence in front of or after the word?

What is false? You should look somewhere in the paragraph.

500
When words or phrases are repeated periodically throughout the poem.
What is repetition?
500
For our recycling project, we collected bottles, newspapers, and other kinds of "refuse". It is amazing to see what some people throw into the garbage. What is the meaning of "refuse"? A. to say no or reject something B. trash or rubbish
What is B?
500

The best way to combine these sentences - 

I lost my backpack. I had to go look for it.

What is - I lost my backpack, so I had to go look for it.

500

The genre or category is the story Blackbeard

What is informational?

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