Reading #1 7th Grade
When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
What is third person omniscient?
You should do this first before beginning your test?
What is take 5 minutes to complete a brain dump?
To use strong exaggeration...
(Figurative Language)
What is hyperbole?
What is the strategy for ECR? SCR?
What RACECERA/RACE?
We do this to show the answer is correct...
What is show text evidence?
Restating key points in your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
What do we do to the answer choices that do not make sense?
What is eliminate?
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." This is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is personification?
How do we start the FIRST 'C' in our RACECERA strategy?
What is 'For example, in paragraph __ the author says...'?
What should you ALWAYS do before moving on after an SCR or ECR?
What is re-read your writing (REVISE & EDIT)
The reasons the author writes a text.
What is author's purpose- to inform, entertain, persuade, explain, and/or describe?
What strategy do we use for revising? What does it stand for?
What is ARMS?
A-add
R-remove
M-move
S-substitute
It's raining cats and dogs!!!
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is an Idiom?
In argumentative writing what statement proves a position?
What is a claim?
When a character is struggling with his own thoughts in a text?
What is internal conflict?
The key idea of a text
What is Central or Main Idea?
Do this to answer a vocabulary question.
What is read above and below the underlined/bold word (use context clues).
To describe how things are alike and how they are different
What is compare and contrast?
When a question uses words like suggest or conclude. what do you need to do?
What is infer?
When you cite evidence to prove your answer, how do you let the reader know that you found the evidence in the passage?
What is start with In the text it says, and quote the evidence using quotation marks " "
How the story or passage is organized is known as it's __________ ___________, which are....?
What is Text Structure?
(Ex. Description, cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological order, compare and contrast)
What are the dead giveaways?
What is vagueness, repetition, throwaway writing, and awkward?
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
She is a tornado when she gets angry!
What is a Metaphor
What does it mean to make an inference?
What is using your background knowledge and evidence from the text to come up with a logical conclusion.
The difference in a short answer question and an extended response question is
A short answer usually only needs 1 piece of evidence and 3 sentences, but an extended response needs two or more pieces of evidence and should be in paragraphs.