Preparation
This is what you should do the night before the end of grade tests.
What is...
1. Get a good nights rest
2. Relax
This is the main point an author is trying to make in a non-fiction text. 2 ANSWERS!
What is the central idea?
These are the people or animals who carry out the action in a story.
What are the characters.
What is...the main idea is what the story is mostly about while the theme is what you or the main character learn from the story.
"The robber was as sly as a fox" is an example of this type of figurative language device.
What is similie.
This is what you should do before reading each new passage on the End of Grade test.
What is...
Look at the questions first.
This is what author's support strong arguments with (as opposed to just using their own thoughts and opinions). CER
What is evidence.
This is when and where a story takes place.
What is the setting.
Where are the 4 places you can find the main idea of a text?
What is...
1) Title
2) Beginning
3) Middle
4) End
"It is a furnace in that classroom" is an example of this figurative language device.
What is metaphor.
This is what you should do if you get stuck on a hard question on the test.
What is...flag the question and come back to it.
An inference is...
What is an educated guess using text evidence and what I already know.
Looking at how the conflict in a text is resolved and the lessons the characters learn from this resolution will often lead you to this.
What is the theme.
This is how a word makes you feel. Not the denotation (dictionary definition) of a word but the...
What is connotation.
"My computer hates me" is an example of this type of figurative language device.
What is personification.
These are 2 things you should do if you finish the test early.
What is...
1. Double check your answers
2. Look at the questions you flagged and ensure you have your correct answer.
showing how two things are alike and different
What is compare and contrasting.
The problem in a story is called the...
What is conflict?
Reveals how the author feels about a topic or character he or she is writing about.
What is the tone.
a group of lines in a poem; a "paragraph" in a poem?
What is a stanza.
What are the 3 things you should do when you are answering a question on the ELA EOG?
What is...
1) Underline key words
2) Eliminate 2 answers
3) Find text evidence
A selection written in time order.
What is chronological order.
What does dialogue mean?
What is conversation.
This is what you should look for in the text to make sure each of your answers is correct.
What is text evidence.
After you submit your EOG what should you do?
What is...
1. Read a book
2. Draw
3. Go to sleep (If you don't snore)