Easy Peasy Terms
What is the main idea?
Central Idea
This is a guess about what is to come.
Prediction
In writing, this is your ending paragraph.
Conclusion
This is who writes a passage.
Author
True or False: I should feel really nervous and anxious about the SBAC and throw up thinking about it.
What is FALSE? It's okay to be nervous! Just remember to take your time, BREATHE, and ask for a break if you need it. All we ask is that you do your best!
What are events in a story called?
Plot
This is when you make an educated guess.
Inference
This is a skill where you look over your writing and fix mistakes.
Revise
This is why the author is writing: to inform, persuade, or entertain.
Author's Purpose
These are some of the test tools available to me.
What is a highlighter, glossary, notes, cross-out, line reader.
What is it called when you put all the main ideas together?
Summarize
This is a deep thought or idea that you come up with.
Conclusion
This term means to make your writing and words more accurate.
Precise
This type of writing/source is all about an author's personal experience.
Blog
True or False: Being the first one done with the test means I AM HIM AND EVERYONE ELSE IS A PEASANT.
What is FALSE? You take your time and make yourself proud. All I can ask of you is your best.
This is your stance in an argument.
Claim
This is an outcome or result.
Effect
This includes punctuation, spelling, fragments, and run-on sentences.
Grammar usage.
This is when an author really stresses that something is important.
Emphasize
This is what I should do if I am drawing a blank.
What is take 30 seconds to focus on my breathing, try and make a connection to what you're reading, and/or skip the question and come back to it?
This word means to explain or show, and it can also mean to draw.
Illustrate
This is how the writing is organized. Examples include: chronological order and description.
Text structure
He vs him, I vs me
Pronoun usage
This is a fancier word for why an author is writing, similar to motive.
Intent
True or False: you should think "I can't do this" before and during the test.
What is FALSE? EVEN IF YOU'RE HAVING DOUBTS, USE THAT POWERFUL BRAIN TO SWITCH GEARS AND THINK POSITIVE! THE POWER OF POSITIVITY IS STRONG. You can always ask to take a break!