INFORMATIONAL
TEXT
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
LITERARY TEXT
GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE
TESTING
STRATEGIES
100

The main purpose of an informational text.

What is to inform or educate?

100
A comparison of two unrelated things using like or as
What is a simile?
100

The main purpose of a fiction or literary text.

What is to entertain?

100

Clues or hints readers use to find the meaning of unknown words.

What are context clues?

100

True or False: Underline the title will help you predict what the passage or poem is going to be about.

What is true?

200

A complete sentence that includes the topic and what the author wants to say and wants you to know about the text or story.

What is the main idea?

200
What is onomatopoeia?
Words that replicate a sound like buzz or quack
200
What is characterization?
An author can reveal this type of information directly or indirectly in a story by using the words, actions and reactions of others
200

A word used to identify any of a class or people, places, things, animals, ideas.

What is a noun?

200

The second strategy to apply in the Reading EOG.

What is number the paragraphs in the passage or number the lines in a poem?

300

3 places to find clues to the main idea of an article.

What are the title, the introduction, and the conclusion?

300
What is alliteration?
the repetition of the beginning sounds of words in a line of poetry or story
300

A story where the setting, characters, events, and time are all invented by the author and usually involves fantasy or magic.

What is a fairy tale?

300

A group of letters added to the beginning of a word that changes the word's meaning. 

What is a prefix?

300

The meaning of W in the mnemonic UNWRAP.

What is "Walk through the questions"?

400

The listing key points of an informational text (shrinking of the text)

What is a summary?

400
What is personification?
"The trees whispered to the flowers below..." is an example of this figurative language technique
400

The central topic, subject, or message within a narrative.

What is the theme?

400

Best strategy to know the meaning of unknown words.

What is to find the context clues?

400

The meaning of the letter R in the mnemonic device UNWRAP.

What is Read the text twice: 1st. time for fun, 2nd. time for notes?

500

Author's purpose of an informational text.

What is to give information about something?

500

The 5 sensory details.

What are sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch?

500

The reason why supporting details are included in a passage.

What do they support the main idea?

500

To deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning; to make a well-informed guess.

What is to infer?

500

Reread your answer choices and refer back to the story or poem to check if they are correct.

What is "prove your answers"?

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