Understanding Fiction
The time and place where a story happens.
What is the setting?
This section at the end of a passage or the back of a nonfiction book lists definitions of important words.
What is the glossary?
A student should always do this before answering a question to ensure they understand the passage.
What is read the entire text carefully?
This text structure explains a problem and how it can be fixed.
What is problem and solution?
Words like "buzz" and "boom" that imitate sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
This is the struggle or problem that drives a fictional story forward.
What is conflict?
A book that tells the true story of someone's life, written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
This is something students should not do the night before and the day of the test
What is worry or stress? (You've got this!)
This type of text structure tells events in the order they happened.
What is chronological order?
A word part added to the beginning of a word that changes its meaning.
What is a prefix?
The perspective from which a story is told, such as first-person or third-person.
What is point of view?
A short nonfiction article that expresses the author's opinion on a topic.
What is an editorial or opinion piece?
This technique involves going back to the passage to find proof for your answer.
What is using text evidence?
This structure shows how two or more things are alike and different.
What is compare and contrast?
A phrase that is an extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
If you don’t know the meaning of a word, you can use these nearby words to help you figure it out.
What are context clues?
A type of nonfiction text that provides facts about a real topic.
What is informational text?
The best thing to do before the test to stay focused and alert.
What is get a good night’s sleep and eat a healthy breakfast?
A text that explains a topic by listing main ideas and supporting details follows this structure.
What is description?
A word part added to the end of a word that changes its meaning.
What is a suffix?
The sequence of events in a story, including the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is the plot?
This part of a nonfiction article summarizes the main idea in bold or larger text at the top.
What is a heading?
When unsure about a multiple-choice question, this strategy helps eliminate wrong answers.
What is process of elimination?
The structure that explains why something happened and what resulted from it.
What is cause and effect?
This is the struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?