Multiple Choice
What is one thing that you can do BEFORE reading each passage?
Annotate the Question. Read the Title and Blurb
How many details do you need in a short response?
2
This literary device compares two things using "like" or "as."
Simile
"What do the character’s actions in paragraph 3 REVEAL about him?" The word reveal means ______________.
Use context clues to help answer the question.
shows, uncovers
a quality possessed by a character, describes the type of person
Examples: determined, hardworking, selfish
Character Trait, Quality, Personal Characteristics
What are at least 3 things you can do to annotate/code the passages you are reading?
1. Underline or highlight important words and sentences.
2. Circle words you don't know
3. Write questions and notes in the margins.
How can you get full credit (2 out of 2) on your short answer questions? In other words, what should you do when you are answering the short answer questions?
1. Restate the question & answer it (making an inference). 2. Provide 2 pieces of evidence (quotes!). 3. Explain your evidence.
THE PERFECT PARAGRAPH!
This literary device compares two things without using like or as.
Metaphor
"How does paragraph 4 CONTRIBUTE to the development of ideas in the text?" In this question, I am being asked how paragraph 4 _____________ the development of ideas in the passage.
What does the word contribute mean?
adds to, builds upon
a problem that the main character in a story must have
Conflict
Name 2 multiple choice strategies that you can use to help direct you to the correct answer?
Preview questions before reading
Eliminate wrong answers
Cover answers
Go back to the text and prove it
What are some ways you can use your planing page before starting to write your essay?
(1) Make a T-chart, a Venn Diagram or a 3-Column chart for compare & contrast essays.
(2) Jot down notes about what you plan to write in each paragraph of your essay.
(3) Look back at the text and then write down all the possible pieces of evidence you might want to use (that way you can choose from those pieces of evidence while writing your essay).
What is personification?
What is a literary device that prescribes human like characteristics to an object or animal.
"Which sentence from the article best reveals the author's POINT OF VIEW?" The authors "point of view" means the author's __________?
What does point of view mean?
perspective, viewpoint, opinion
a moral or message that can be applied to one of many texts
Theme
List 5 Key Words that you might see in the test questions.
Plot, Tone, Characterization, Mood, Central Idea, Theme, Point of View, Conflict, Perspective
Restate the following question:
In "So Much Happiness," what does the comparison in lines 1 through 8 show about happiness?
The comparison in lines 1 through 8 in "So Much Happiness" shows...
Toms eyes were ice as he was staring at her.
What literary device is being used?
Metaphor.
How does the author most DEVELOP ________'s Point of View?
What does the word develop mean?
grow; elaborate
The overall point that the author is trying to make
Central Idea
Your teachers always tell you to "go back and check your work" when you are done. How should you "check your work" on the state test?
Reread each question carefully and the answer you chose, and check the text again to make sure you still think that is the right answer. Also, make sure you have bubbled in ALL the questions on your scantron
Restate and answer the question.
What is the mood of the excerpt from "The Open Boat"?
Examples:
There is a tense mood in the excerpt "The Open Boat".
Answers could vary.
Explain the effect of the author's word choice in the following sentence: The old stairs creaked as I ascended, and I could hear the radiator howling from one of the bedrooms. A black cat ran into the shadows at the top landing, and I sensed a formidable presence in the terrifying house.
The author is trying to create a mood of horror and suspense.
How is the text ORGANIZED?
What is the author asking you? Give examples of how a text might be organized.
Sequential Order
Compare/Contrast
Problem/Solution, etc.
_______ is how the author feels about his/her characters or story (conveyed by word choice)
________ is how the writer’s words make us feel. (The effect the words have on us) The overall feeling or atmosphere the text creates.
Tone, Mood