Tip Drill
Believe it Or Not
Stranger than Fiction
The Best Strategy Category EVER!
The Melting Pot
100
This is what you should do the night before the end of grade tests.
What is to relax, imagine yourself doing well on the test, and get lots of sleep?
100

The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase

What is dennotation?

100
This is the main point an author is trying to make in a non-fiction text.
What is the central idea?
100

This is how many times you should read a poem or selection on the EOG before attempting to answer any questions about it.

What is at least 2 times?

100

This is the 1st thing you should do before reading your passages-- It sets a purpose for reading 

What is Read the questions first?

200
This is what you should do before reading each new passage on the End of Grade test.
What is preview the questions?
200

This reveals how the reader feels about a particular topic or subject.  

What is Mood?

200

This is the main argument the author is trying to make in an argumentative/persuasive text.

What is the claim?

200

Finding the meaning of words in a text requires you to do this?

What is reread the text to get the meaning? 

200

This is what you should look for in the text to make sure each of your answers is correct.

What is textual evidence?

300
This is what you should do if you get stuck on a hard question on the test.
What is skip it and come back to it?
300

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?

300

A summary of a non-fiction text should only include these types of details from the text.

What are the most important details, Who, what, where, when, why, 5W's? 

300

This is the 1st thing you should do before reading your passages-- It sets a purpose for reading

What is Read the question first?

300

Identify:

gives a description of text

deals with time period

deals with list/steps or order

 a relationship between events things, where one is the result of the other

problem then solution... 


What is text structure? 

400
These are 2 things you should do if you finish the test early.
What are going back and check your answers and spending extra time on difficult problems?
400

Looking at how the conflict in a text is resolved and the LESSONS the characters learn from this resolution will often lead you to this.

Can be found through the following:

Inference

title

conflict 

character's action

What is the theme?

400

Various types of literature

What is genre?

400

What you should look for in a text to make sure each of your answer choices are CORRECT 

What is PROOF/EVIDENCE?

400

This is what author's use to support strong arguments with (as opposed to just using their own thoughts and opinions).

What is evidence?

500
Often, carefully looking at these alone can help you eliminate 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?
500

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 the author's tone?

500

These are the 4 main purposes author's have when they create fiction and non-fiction texts. (You must name at least 3 of these).

What is to entertain (fiction) and to inform, to explain/instruct, or to persuade (non-fiction)?

500

This acronym can be used to help you understand a poem or text by focusing on things such as the poem or text title, connotations, author's attitude, and theme.

What is TTCAT?

500

Why is it important to mark up the text

What is because...

   it's easier to find your proof, and easier to find key details when you are answering questions

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