Figurative Language
Story Elements
Test Strategies
Literary Devices & Vocabulary
Misc.
100
Comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as
What is a simile?
100

The main people or animals in a story

What are the characters?

100

Before reading the selection, you should always do this.

a) read the title and make a prediction

b) highlight key words

c) pick your answers

Read the title and make a prediction.

100
The word part that can help you determine the meaning of a word.
What is the root? (OR Prefix OR Suffix)
100

Something that is true and can be verified.

a) fact

b) opinion

c) truth

What is a fact?

200
Comparison of 2 unlike things not using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
200
The place and time of a story.
What is the setting?
200

If I come to an unfamiliar word while reading, I should...

What is a strategy I could use?

stretch it out, skip it and come back, chunk the word, etc.

200

These are examples of what?

un- mis- 

prefixes

200

Making a guess as to what you think will happen next in a story.

What is a prediction?

300
Simile, metaphor, or neither: The night was a black cat.
What is a metaphor?
300
The main problem of the story.
What is the conflict?
300

When answering a question, you should:

a) only read a couple of the answers

b) read all answers and pick the best one

c) just circle a random answer

b) read all answers and pick the best one

300

These are examples of:


-less -ful

suffixes

300

Organized in time order


a) chaotic

b) sequential

c) on time

What is chronological or sequential?

400
Simile, metaphor, or neither: The car raced up the street as fast as a rocket.
What is simile?
400
What the story is about
What is the plot?
400

I should do this if I'm stuck on a question.

What is skip it and come back later? OR What is eliminate obviously wrong choices and make my best guess?

400

What is tone?

-the author's attitude

-my emotion while reading

the author's attitude

400
An educated guess supporting by the information contained in the story.
What is an inference?
500
My parents took the shortcut as they had many times before.
What is neither?
500
The high point of a story.
What is the climax?
500

I should do this if I finish a test/assignment early (when I am in school).

What is check over all my answers. Make sure all bubbles are filled in correctly and that stray marks are erased. Re-Read passages and/or questions that game me trouble.

500

The picture an author paints for the reader.

a) imagery

b) symbolism

c) synonym

What is imagery?

500
The meaning or moral of a selection.
What is the theme?
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