Testing Stragegies
Not Literally!
Genres
Academic Vocabulary
Test Days
100
Read the entire passage.
What I should do before trying to answer any questions?
100
Words that are used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true.
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
100
A story made up out of someone's imagination.
What is fiction?
100
Qualities shown by a character. (Brave, considerate, rude)
What is CHARACTER TRAITS?
100
When do you take the STAAR Reading Test?
What is Tuesday, May 9th, 2017?
200
Circle, underline, or highlight.
What is important information in the passage and/or question?
200
A comparison using the words "like" or "as".
What is a SIMILE?
200
A biography, an autobiography, or a memoir.
What is NONFICTION?
200
A struggle between opposing forces. It can be external or internal.
What is CONFLICT?
200
Make sure that you get to bed early the day before and eat a good breakfast the morning of your STAAR Test.
What are the things you do to get ready for the STAAR Test?
300
Erase any stray marks and make sure I bubble for every question.
What I should do before turning in my test?
300
A comparison of two unlike things not using 'like' or 'as'.
What is a METAPHOR?
300
A form of literature performed in front of an audience; it has stage directions.
What is DRAMA (or a play)?
300
The reason an author writes (express, inform, explain, or persuade).
What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?
300
A book and a #2 pencil.
What you need to bring on test days?
400
Go back into the passage, find the information, and write it next to the question.
What is prove/justify my answer?
400
The chair danced across the room.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
400
Carefully chosen words arranged for effect using figurative language.
What is POETRY?
400
A message/life lesson/moral about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.
What is THEME?
400
At home or in my locker turned off.
Where should I leave my cell phone?
500
Look it up in the dictionary.
What I should do when I don't know a word in the passage or in the question?
500
She cried for days after she lost her favorite stuffed animal.
What is HYPERBOLE?
500
It seems like a real story set in the real, modern world. The characters behave just like you and I.
What is REALISTIC FICTION?
500
Cause and Effect Compare and Contrast Sequence Problem and Solution Description
What are examples of organizational patterns?
500
A small healthy snack and a bottle of water.
What I can bring to eat and drink?
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