Tip Drill
This is what you should do the night before the end of grade tests.
What is to set yourself up for success: relax, visualize how it feels when you get the outcome you expect, and sleep?
These are the people, animals or mythical creatures who drive the action in a narrative (story).
Who are characters?
This is the main point an author conveys in a non-fiction text.
What is the central idea?
This is how many times you should read a poem on the EOG before attempting to answer any questions about it.
What is at least 2 times?
This type of narration (POV) found in a text that uses lots of words like "I," "my," "we," and "our."
What is first person point of view?
This is what you should do once you click "start" at the BEGINNING of your End of Grade ELA test (for no more than 5 minutes).
What is (1) PREVIEW the questions and passages AND (2) ALLOT the TIME you will need to read, think, and respond to the passages - use the scrap paper to map this out?
This is when and where a story takes place and establishes the context for the conflict.
What is setting?
This is an assertion of truth an author makes when taking a position (a side) on a topic.
What is the claim?
"The robber was as sly as a fox" is an example of this type of figurative language device.
What is simile?
This is what you should look for in the text to make sure each of your answers is correct.
What is textual evidence?
This is what you should do if you find that you are temporarily stuck on a difficult question.
What is skip it and come back to it?
This is how authors convey significant ideas in a text.
What is "through key details?"
A summary of a text should only include these types of details from the text.
What are the most important details?
"It is a furnace in that classroom" is an example of this figurative language device.
What is metaphor?
This is the emotional impact or meaning intended by a word or phrase, which may be slightly different than the actual denotation (or dictionary definition) or the word.
What is connotation?
This is what you should do if you finish the test early.
What is go back and review your answer choices?
When we think about how the conflict in a text is resolved by a character, advice from a mentor and the lessons the characters learn, this will often lead you to this.
What is the theme?
"My computer hates me" is an example of this type of figurative language device.
What is personification?
This can be conveyed through an author's choice of words in a text, and reveals how the author feels about a topic or character he or she is writing about.
What is tone?
Often, carefully looking at these alone CAN HELP you eliminate (slash and trash) your answer choices and EVEN get the answer correct. (Hint: This is, in part, because test makers know that students rush through the test and don't take their time).
What are the question and the answer choices from D to A?
A summary of a narrative should include these 3 important elements.
What are the characters, the central/main conflict, and how the story is resolved?
This type of text structure shows the real or possible results of an action or choice.
What is cause and effect text structure?
These are the poetry elements that help to convey tone
What is rhyme, repetition and word choice?
These are 4 purposes authors' have when they create fiction and non-fiction texts. (You must name at least 3 of these).
What is to entertain, inform, to explain/instruct, or to persuade (non-fiction)?