Multiple Choice Strategies
What is the first thing you should do when you come to a multiple choice question?
Annotate the question.
What is mood/tone?
The overall feeling a text gives.
What is annotating?
Annotating is pulling out important details of the passage in order to better understand it.
True or False - Point of view is the view of the author.
False - it is the view of the narrator
The sun is as bright as a lamp - this is an example of a....
similie
True or False - you should read all answer choices first.
True
What is theme?
The overall message the text gives.
What is the purpose of annotating the passage?
To better understand what you are reading, to pull out key concepts to refer back to easily & quickly when answering the questions.
What is 1 thing you should do at home the night before and 1 thing in the morning you should do to prepare for test success?
Get a good night's sleep & eat a good breakfast
His face is beat red. This is an example of a...
metaphor
What should you do after reading all of the answer choices?
Cross out 2 that don't make sense.
________ is how the text is put together. (Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, Sequence of Events etc)
A) plot
B) structure
C) point of view
B) STRUCTURE
What should you do if you come to a word in the passage that you do not know?
Look at the words and sentences around it and use context clues to determine its meaning.
What should you do if you get stuck on a multiple choice question & you're spending too much time on it?
Star it, skip it and come back to it.
The leaves danced in the wind. This is an example of....
personification
What should you do if 2 of the options make sense?
Debate which one BEST answers the question.
Main Idea
What are the 4 types of annotation?
Highlighting, underlining, circling & taking notes.
______ + ______ = inference
Background knowledge & text details
Why do authors use figurative language?
To make their stories more interesting and keep the readers engaged.
What happens if you skip a multiple choice question?
It automatically gets marked wrong.
What is a plot?
The main events in a story
True or False - when annotating a passage you have to use proper grammar and can't use abbreviations.
False
What are some strategies to remain focused on the test?
Ignore distractions, re-read, take a quick break
"I've told you to clean your room a million times!" is an extreme exaggeration. What type of figurative language is this?
hyperbole