Test Strategies
What is a strategy to compare to text?
-Venn diagram
-T-Chart
"We teach these manners to children so they can use them throughout their lives"
Which event best demonstrates this message?
A) Your mother insists you should write a thank you letter to your grandparents
B) Your mother does not like the youth of your generation
C) You believe you should receive a thank you letter
D) You think your brother should write the thank you note
A
Leslie loved being a stay-at-home mom. Contrary to popular belief, she was never bored and always busy!
-Positive
-Grateful
-Overwhelmed
“To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”
― Elie Wiesel, Night
-To provide hope in times of despair at the concentration camp
-To have a reason to keep on living despite the torment of the camp
Define synonym and antonym
-Same meaning
-Different meaning
What strategy involves covering up the answer choices, and then writing everything YOU know about the test question?
Brain dumping
Matt donned his jacket quickly before running down the stairs.
What does the word donned mean?
A) Fixed
B) Put on
C) Imagined
D) Dropped
B
It took only a few minutes to open the cash registers in the men’s department.
-Ominous
-Suspenseful
-Off
“Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.”
-The Odyssey
-To show the superiority of the gods
-To set up a narrative where a man does become powerful/overcomes the gods
What 5 senses does imagery use, and why?
-sight -smell -taste -hearing -touch
-To help the reader create vivid mental images/imagine the story more fully
What do annotations look like?
-Highlighting
-Summarizing
-Making connections
-Asking questions
-Interacting with the text
We sit together in silence as the train rattles on, and takes us closer to our future.
The sentence above shows us the narrator feels
A) Frustrated
B) Accomplished
C) Insincere
D) Hopeful
D
“Sitting around miserable all day won't make you any happier.”
― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
- Ironic
-Exposing
-Light and warm yet with a serious undertone
"Friends will take care of them. That’s what friends do." -Number the Stars
-To show the hope of the rescuers
-To comfort Anne Marie/the other children
-To preserve the children's innocence
Define 1st Person and 3rd person point of view, and the qualities of both.
-1st person in from 1 character. You get to see the emotions of the character, but you are limited to just their perspective.
-3rd person is from a narrator. You get to see how multiple characters interact, but don't really get a deep insight into any one character.
What should you do if you come to an unknown word?
-Re-read the passage
-Look at the context clues
-Look it up in the dictionary
If she wasn't sitting there, I would have been able to shut the door and have a nice long cry.
What definition best fits the word nice?
A) Kind/friendly
B) Appealing/attractive
C) Accurate/Skillful
D) Pleasing/Satisfying
D
"I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart."
-Anne Frank
-Hopeful
-Naive
“...Despite the mayhem that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel's hand in his own and nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let go.”
― John Boyne , The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
-Show the innocence left over in their moments of death
-Remind the audience of the children's perspective of war
He surveyed the land from hill to hill, and down the valley.
What definition best fits the word surveyed?
A) To collect data
B) To take measurements
C) To look over thoroughly
D) To determine the value
C
What do you do if you don't know what a test question is asking?
-Re-word the question
-Break down the question
-Look up unknown words
So when I laid Little Baldy off to plant him in corn, I started at the bottom and went around and around this high cone-shaped hill like a corkscrew. I was three days reaching the top. Then, with a hand planter, I planted the corn on moonlit nights.This paragraph support the primary theme of the excerpt by emphasizing the narrator's
A) diligence
B) satisfaction
C) sincerity
D) modesty
A
“A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time” -The Odyssey
-Somber
-Mournful
-Complacent
“I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim."
-Elie Wiesel
-To encourage others to take a stand in times of need
-To show neutrality does not really help anyone
-Being silent is the same as doing nothing.
Define climax.
the definition of climax is the highest point of tension in a storyline, often depicted by a confrontation between the protagonist and antagonist.