Figurative Language and Poetry
Comparing two things using like or as
What is a simile
What you do when you get to a new passage..
Read the directions, preview the text and graphic features, think about what genre you are reading!
Jot!
The author uses this texture to show how two things are alike and different.
What is Compare and Contrast
You can jot about these w questions when you read a nonfiction passage.
Jot answers to "w" questions-who, what, where, when.....
How you prove your thinking
By going back into the text for text evidence
A group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza
What do you do when you read a question?
Think about what it is asking
Circle key words
Prove your thinking
The author uses key words that shows the passage of time.
What is Chronological order or sequence
You find the main idea of a nonfiction passage in these ways
-think about the topic, use heading and subheadings, notice what repeats, it has supporting ideas
You write a four star Short Constructed Response by doing these things
Comparing two things without like or as
What is a metaphor?
What you do if you are unsure of an answer choice?
Eliminate answer choices
Go back to reread
Make you best guess
Flag the question and come back to it
The author uses this text structure to explain the reason something happens and what happens.
What is cause and effect
The point of view of the text if the author is using he, she, they.
What is third person point of view.
What you do instead of taking too long on one question
Rule out answer choices
Make your best choice
Flag it and return to it later
Go back into the text to reread
Boom, crash, stomp are examples of
What is omnomatopeia
What do you do as you read a passage?
Jot to help you check for understanding
The author shares a problem and how the problem was solved
What is problem and solution text structure
Fictional stories have this and you can jot about this as you read.
What is the plot.
When you finish the test, have checked your work and are ready to submit you
raise your hand. The teacher must watch you submit the test.
Name 2 strategies to use when reading a poem.
Jot about the stanzas
Think about mood, message and meaning
Name 3 strategies to write a 4 star Extended Constructed Response.
You need an introduction, body and conclusion
Introduction needs a thesis that restates and answers the prompt.
Body needs transition words, text evidence to support your thesis or answer to the prompt
Conclusion-include transition words, restate your thesis to summarize what you wrote about (the prompt) in a different way.
Name 3 key words that show the passage of time
First, then, next, in the beginning, in the year____
The message or lesson you learn from a story.
What is the theme
If you think the answer is the first one you read you still must read the rest of the choices to
rule them out and make sure your choice is the best choice