Central Idea
SGI Vocabulary
Grab Bag
Test Taking Strategies
Figurative Language
100

This is the format that a central idea should always be written

What is a bulleted list?

100

The deepest meaning that is contextualized and supported by evidence.

What is the central idea?

100

There are over 650 of these in the human body, two of them are the biceps and triceps.

What are muscles?

100

Part of the first step of the SRP, these should be written at the top of every text.

What are the genre and genre frames?

100

Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses and help to create a vivid description.

What is imagery?

200

This is how much time you should spend when jotting a Central Idea at the end of a text.

What is no more than two minutes? Don't forget to pace yourself!

200

Author’s perspective on the topic

What is point of view?

200

This is to give a brief statement of the main points of something.

What is to summarize?

200
This is always done when first reading a question. Often you'll circle and define key words while doing this. 

What is investing in/annotating the question?

200

The repetition of similar initial consonant sounds in order to create a musical or rhythmic effect.

What is alliteration?

300

These are the genre frames we use to focus our thinking about informational texts.

What are "What is the author's pov"  and "What is the author trying to teach me about the topic"?

300

A problem or struggle between two or more forces

What is conflict?

300

Name one of the four teams in this year's final four in College Basketball

Who are Texas Tech, Auburn, Virginia, or Michigan State?

300

This is where you draft your thesis and claims as well as choose which evidence will best support your argument before writing an ER.

What is a planning page?

300

A type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics.

What is personification?

400

These are the genre frames you would use to understand a play that is historical fiction.

What is "Who are the characters", "What is the problem", "what is the solution", and "what is the lesson learned"

400

This is how you demonstrate thinking in the margins of your text.

What are annotations?

400

This film, coming out later this month features Captain America, Iron Man, and the rest of the team fighting the evil Thanos.

What is Avengers: Endgame?

400

This is what test takers do when they are choosing between two answer choices.

What is prove which answer has more/better evidence?

400

Is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that describes.

What is onomatopoeia?

500

These are the genre frames I should keep in mind when reading a narrative nonfiction text.

What is:

- Who are the characters/people

- What is the problem?

-What is the solution?

-What is the lesson learned?

- What is the author's pov?

-What is the author trying to teach me about the topic?

500

The atmosphere or feeling an author creates within the piece of writing.

What is mood?

500

This odorous breeze is the number one cause of pollution in the Midwest. Moooooooooooo!

What are cow farts?

500

This is what you do when you read before and after a word to define it in a paragraph.

What is contextualize?

500

The repetition of similar initial consonant sounds in order to create a musical or rhythmic effect.

What is alliteration?

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