Test Taking Strategies
General ELA 1
General ELA 2
ELA 3
ELA 3
100
What are the 5W’s of the text?
Who What When Where Why
100
What is theme?
The moral or lesson of the story
100
What is figurative language and it what text is used in the most?
Language that syas one thing but means another and Poetry
100
This genre of text uses details and descriptions to give out information
Informational/ Non fiction
100
Name the difference between Denotation and Connotation.
Connotation- The slang definition of the word
Denotation-The dictionary definition of the word.
200
what is the first thing you do when taking the EOG?
Fold up your paper and fill out TAKT
200
What is the definition of Authors Purpose?
The reason why the author wrote the text.
200
To make sure your answer is correct your should always ?
Look back and find the evidence in the text
200
This genre is written in stanzas.
Poetry
200
What is Point of View? Name a synonym for the phrase Point of view.
The way a person views a topic, their opinion
Viewpoint/ Perspective
300
On March 8, 1862, almost a year after the start of the American Civil War, a strange warship ruled the waters of Hampton Roads, Virginia. Shells fired at the warship bounced off of her harmlessly. The ship was a Confederate ironclad called the Virginia. In a short time it had destroyed two of the wooden Union ships that were blockading the southern port at the mouth of the James River. The battle was a part of the effort of the Confederacy to break the Union blockade, which had cut off Virginia's largest cities, Norfolk and Richmond, from international trade. The Confederacy had hoped to reduce the North’s great naval advantage. The Confederate ironclad. After you read this sentence, stand up and jump. had been built around the engines and hull of a captured Union ship, the Merrimac, and most people called the ship by that name instead of the Virginia. Above her waterline, ten heavy guns were mounted behind thick sloping iron plates.
After you read this sentence, stand up and jump.
300
What is the difference between “tone” and “Mood”
Tone= authors attitude
Mood= readers feelings
300
List 3 different forms of Figurative Language.
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300
THIS GENRE PROVIDES THE READER WITH A STORY ABOUT A PERSON, PLACE, OR THING
Fiction
300
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT
Use a line or a quote from the text to support whatever you think is the right answer.
400
How should you fill out the scratch sheet of paper the same way you would on the EOG
Track answers, title, key words, and annotations/ notes
400
What do the words “Impact” and “Analyze” mean
impact- important effect
Analyze - to look closely
400
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
One uses like or as the other does not
400
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO “CLOSE READ” THE TEXT
To read the story multiple times, analyze key words, find evidence that will help you answer the questions
400
C to assemble
500
What should be annotated first?
The Questions
500
Name 2 out of 3 ways to figure out what a word means while taking the EOG without looking it up.
Affix and Context clues
500
What is a hyperbole?
Extreme exaggeration
500
THE CORRECT ANSWER CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND HERE.
In the text
500
C Adjusted to