Literary Terms
In an informational passage, this can be supported with key details and evidence.
What is CENTRAL/MAIN IDEA?
What are VAGUE PRONOUNS?
What is TEXT-BASED ANALYSIS?
8th grade scholars are the only students at IHS who have to take this test.
What is the SCIENCE PSSA?
A theme topic of MAUS was...
What is: Perseverance, Will to Survive, or Importance of Remembering?
An author writes in order to inform readers about something, persuade them to act, entertain them with humor, etc.
What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?
When the SUBJECT is doing the action, the sentences is written in...
What is ACTIVE VOICE?
The first step in preparing for a TDA is...
What is READ THE PASSAGE?
It's important to do these things on the testing days:
What is EAT A GOOD BREAKFAST & GET ENOUGH REST?
Name a mythological character from Summer of the Mariposas
What is: La Llorona, el nagal, chupacabra, lechuzas, or Tonatzin?
(Teresita, Cecilia, La Siren
No story can exist without this, which drives the plot of a story.
What is CONFLICT?
Modifiers that are in the wrong spot in the sentence are called...
What are MISPLACED MODIFIERS?
As you read a passage, doing this helps identify important information, make connections, note main ideas, etc.
What is ANNOTATING THE TEXT?
When you finish testing, you can do these 2 things:
What is READ an SSR book or SLEEP?
The focus of Omnivore's Dilemma was...
A general, often universal message about life that an author wants readers to take away from a literary text.
What is THEME?
The three types of verbals are...
What is INFINITIVE, PARTICIPLE, and GERUND?
If you're not sure where to begin in a TDA essay, you can always start by doing this.
What is RESTATING THE PROMPT?
What is 5C - 11:57 - 12:27?
Name one of the sisters from Summer of the Mariposas.
Who are: Odilia, Juanita, Velia, Delia, or Pita?
This is considered the author's attitude toward a subject or the audience. It is often revealed through the words he/she uses.
What is TONE?
The 5 Verb Moods are...
What is: INDICATIVE, IMPERATIVE, INTERROGATIVE, CONDITIONAL, SUBJUNCTIVE?
When using evidence to support your idea, use this structure strategy.
What is a QUOTE SANDWICH?
Everyone in the room has to turn these items OFF and IN before test materials are distributed.
1. What is SMARTWATCH/APPLE WATCH?
2. What is CELL PHONE?
3. What is ELECTRONIC DEVICE?
What are: TITLE & AUTHOR, MAIN IDEA/CONFLICT, IMPORTANT POINTS/EVENTS, THEME?