What is the exposition, rising action, climax/turning point, falling action, denouement?
100
This organizational pattern shows similarities and differences between two ideas or things.
What is compare and contrast?
100
A word that sounds like or means the same thing as its name.
Onomatopoeia
100
This is our strategy for main idea questions.
What is the tally mark strategy?
100
Further digging indicated that there was an entire army of statues beneath the ground. Though excavations are not yet complete, Chinese authorities believe that there are some six-thousand life–sized clay statues of warriors, plus scores of life–sized statues of horses.
The word excavations means
What is digging?
200
This is the main problem in the story.
What is conflict?
200
This organizational pattern describes an issue and possible ways to solve it.
What is problem and solution?
200
Give the definition of personification and an example.
What is giving human traits to objects or ideas.
Her heart danced in her chest as she walked down the aisle.
200
This is what you use if they ask you to complete a summary.
What is the BME strategy?
200
She felt like she was carrying something more valuable than the rarest diamonds. The bag’s contents seemed more precious than the remnants of an ancient civilization, dug up by a team of overjoyed explorers. Inside the bags were twenty of her grandfather’s illustrations.
The word remnants means —
What is traces left behind?
300
This is the part of the story where a change occurs. It is in the middle of the story.
What is the turning point or climax?
300
This organizational pattern explains how an action leads to a result.
What is cause and effect?
300
Give the definition of metaphor and an example.
What is comparing two things without using like or as.
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon the cloudy seas.
300
If they ask about the meaning of a word, what TWO pieces of evidence do you need?
What are dictionary definitions and context clues?
300
This is the meaning of "convey."
What is "to tell," "to communicate," "to express."
400
This is the part of the story where the conflict is solved.
What is the falling action?
400
This organizational pattern gives events in the order that they happened.
What is chronological?
400
Give the definition of hyperbole and an example.
What is an exaggeration.
I will come to see you, though many may try to stop me.
400
This is what you should have for all of your answers.
What is textual evidence?
400
This is the meaning of "conclude."
What is "to infer"?
500
These are TWO strategies you can use to answer plot questions.
What are draw a plot diagram and BME.
500
This is what you should think about/do if they ask you about organizational patterns.
What is find the main idea?
500
An purpose of a refrain is:
What is to emphasize the important ideas in the poem?
500
This is what you can do to make sure you FINISH the test.
What is fill in blank answers the last 5 minutes?
OR
What is watch your time and make sure you've done at least half the questions in the first 2 hours?
500
It was so annoying to realize that neither of his parents believed him that it seemed like he was wasting his breath.
This sentence helps the reader understand the character feels:
A: Guilt
B: Embarrassment
C: Frustration
D: Weakness