Test Taking Strategies & Vocabulary
Annotate
What is to add short notes, underline, highlight key details and ideas in a text?
What role do paragraphs 1 through 3 mainly play in the story?
What is C? They set the scene and explain the process for picking a new design.
What do paragraphs 5 through 7 show about the author's purpose for writing the article?
What is B? The author wants to describe to readers what school was like for students in Ancient Egypt
Which important idea is developed in paragraph 6?
What is B? Uncle Nigel is afraid he may lose his job
A particular quality in someone's character
What is character trait?
One strategy for answering multiple choice questions
What is covering your answer choices, jotting down the answer in your own words with information from your annotations?
How does the word choice in paragraphs 9 and 11 affect the story?
What is C? It conveys how impressive Mr. Kowalski's design is.
How does the author develop ideas in paragraph 6?
What is D? By comparing and contrasting Ancient Egyptian writing tools to art tools that are familiar to modern readers
What does the phrase "on a short fuse" mean as used in paragraph 8?
What is C? Easy to upset
Theme
What is the lesson or message of a text?
Direct quotes from the text
What is evidence?
In paragraph 6, "markedly" means doing something in...
What is A? An obvious way
What does the information in paragraph 8 illustrate about becoming a scribe?
How does paragraph 9 contribute to the structure of the story?
What is D? It foreshadows events in the story
The general feeling or attitude the author expresses in his or her writing
What is tone?
Claim
What is to state that something is true based on prior knowledge and information from a resource?
How does the author develop Holling's point of view in the story?
What is C? By describing his observations until he realizes what has happened
Which quotation best expresses a central idea of the article?
What is A? "Scribes were very important people in Ancient Egypt because they were almost the only ones who could read and write." (paragraph 2)
How does the language in paragraph 12 contribute to the overall tone of the story?
What is C? It stresses the mysterious tone
Central Idea
What is the main idea or claim the author is trying to get us to understand
Reason
What is explaining the connection between the claim and evidence?
Which detail about Mr. Kowalski and Mr. Hoodhood would be most important to include in a summary of the story?
What is B? They are competing to design a new school.
Which quotation from the article is best supported by the photograph?
What is B? "Students memorized the hieroglyphic signs and practiced writing them on pieces of stone, pottery, or wood." (Paragraph 5)
What do paragraphs 10 and 13 indicate about Addison?
What is B? He is curious to see what his uncle has found
What is figurative language?