Poetry
Figurative Language
Context Clues
Trigger Words
Test Taking Strategies
100

True or False: All poems have to rhyme?

False

100

"Her vigor flows like tides into my blood..." What type of figurative language is this?

Simile

100

When you read a passage and come across a word you are unfamiliar with, you should use what to help you determine its meaning? 

Context Clues
100

What is an inference?

An educated guess or prediction

100

This is what you use to write notes or thoughts as you take the EOG.

Scratch Paper

200

What is the "paragraph" of a poem?

Stanza

200

What figurative language gives human characteristics to non living things?

Personification

200
What is the date of the Reading EOG? 

Tuesday, May 21st 

200

Impact means to...

Affect, influence or change 

200

What are you allowed to do after you finish the EOG but others are still testing? (HINT: three options)

Take a nap, read or QUIETLY draw on scratch paper

300

Roses are Red

Violets are blue 

I passed ELA 

I hope you do too! 

What is the rhyme scheme?

ABCB

300

"The fog is a cozy blanket, thick and heavy over the meadow at dawn." What type of figurative language is used?

Metaphor

300

What a passage is about? 

Main Idea

300

When an author hints at what is coming next in the story is called...

Foreshadowing

300

What is the MAXIMUM time you have to take the EOG? (excluding those with accommodations) 

3 hours

400

So, silently but swift,

Above the wintry drift,

The long days gain and gain,

Until, on hill and plain,

What does drift mean in this stanza of the poem?

A. a sudden movement 

B. a wild gust of wind

C. a large pile of snow

D. slope of a mountain


C. a large pile of snow

400

"Telling Tru about my trip on Tuesday was totally terrific!"

What figurative language is this?

Alliteration

400

The moral or lesson learned from a story?

Theme

400

What is the problem in a story called...

Conflict
400

Is there more fiction or non-fiction passages on the EOG?

Non-fiction

500

There’s something in the air 

That’s new and sweet and rare— 

A scent of summer things, 

A whirr as if of wings.

How does this stanza contribute to the poem? 

A. It introduces a difference can be felt all around

B. It emphasizes that spring is coming later this year

C. It introduces that weather is constantly changing

D. It emphasizes this past winter has been harsh

A. It introduces a difference can be felt all around

500
"I am so tired I could sleep for an entire week!" 

What type of figurative language is used?

Hyperbole

500

What is connotation?

How a word makes you feel when you read it (happy, sad, angry, etc.)
500

A sound argument is supported by what TWO things?

Claim and Evidence

500

What are THREE things you can do to help yourself do your best on test day?

Get a good night sleep

Eat a good breakfast 

No screen time at least 30 mins before you go to bed

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