Testing Strategies
When you read these first, you better know what you are looking for when you read.
What are the questions?
The main character of a story
What is the protagonist?
The reason why the author wrote the article
What is the author's purpose?
The type of figurative language used in this sentence: Randy's voice is like melted chocolate.
What is simile?
The chain of events that makes up a story
What is the plot?
I should be able to support all of my answers with this.
What is textual evidence?
The problem or obstacle a character faces in the text
What is the conflict?
Arranged in order by time
What is chronological?
This type of figurative language is used in the sentence: The daisy turned its face to the sun.
What is personification?
To examine closely
What is analyze?
Getting rid of 2 or more answers that are not correct by marking them out
What is process of elimination?
A character who undergoes a significant change in the story
What is a dynamic character?
A big idea that is important throughout the text
What is central idea?
The type of figurative language presented in this sentence: Karen is a ray of sunshine.
What is metaphor?
To add or give
What is contribute?
An educated guess about what will happen next based on evidence and past knowledge or experience
What is an inference?
The message that the reader is supposed to learn after reading a piece of fiction
What is the theme?
The perspective from which a story or article is written
What is point of view?
The attitude of the speaker in a text toward the subject matter or the reader
What is the tone?
A word that means to communicate or get an idea across to the reader
What is convey?
The type of graphic organizer that I should use for fiction
What is a plot chart?
The feeling that someone is supposed to get when reading a story
What is the mood?
Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions
What is objective?
This type of figurative language is used in this sentence: The mayor's speech was never-ending.
What is hyperbole?
Stated exactly in the text
What is explicit?