What things should you highlight when trying to understand a question or text.
What are key words?
100
What is the FIRST thing you should do when you are in the Multiple Choice section.
What is READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST?
100
This is the author's attitude toward the writing.
What is tone?
100
The struggle one has within themselves.
What is internal conflict
100
What is the definition of author's purpose?
What is the reason why an author wrote something.
200
Should you underline and take notes about the passage as you read?
What is YES - YOU BETTER!
200
A summary with no opinions, only facts is called a...
What is an objective summary?
200
This is the general atmosphere created by the author's words
What is mood?
200
The moral or lesson learned from a story.
What is theme?
200
The difference between a fiction and a nonfiction text is...
Fiction is literature that describes imaginary events and people
NonFiction is writing that is based on facts, real events and real people
300
True or False-- When you state a claim, you are also stating an opinion
What is TRUE!
300
Define:
Explain
Interpret
Compare
What is:
Explain: To give reasons for
Interpret: To break down the meaning
Compare: To show the difference between 2 or more things
300
These are hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word
What is context clues?
300
List the 3 types of textual connections
What is text-to-text
text-to-self
text-to-world
300
Three purposes about WHY authors write.
What is
To Inform
To Persuade
To Entertain
400
A strategy for short responses that we practiced in class this year
What is RADDI?
400
Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word impeccable:
"His impeccable wife tying that impeccable tie, brushing down that black coat, which by six A.M. would be white with the lint blowing about the gigantic room. Did she polish his head as well?"
What is:
Exact, perfect, careful to make no mistakes
400
Name 5 sequence transition words.
What are first, second, last, then, before, after, during, currently, when, through, until, presently, finally, gradually, in the future, later, soon, recently, now, suddenly, following.
400
List at least ONE strategy we use for close reading a text.
What is highlighting, chunking the text, reading with a pencil
400
What is the main idea of the following paragraph:
My Spring Break was fantastic! I saw several movies at the beginning of the week. On Friday, I went to New York City! I was also able to see my family! It was a great vacation.
What is:
What they did over Spring Break.
500
Each step to the Writing Process that you CAN use on the test
What are:
Brainstorming/ Planning
Drafting
Editing
500
Identify the use of figurative language:
"Life is like a box of chocolates."
(a) personification
(b) metaphor
(c) repetition
(d) tone
What is B - metaphor
A SIMILE IS A TYPE OF METAPHOR!
500
Define inference and explain how it is different than drawing a conclusion.
An inference is a guess that you make about what is going to happen in the story using the details given
and drawing a conclusion is when you make a decision based on inferences and details
500
Describe the difference between an Informational text, Persuasive Text, and Narrative Text
Informational Text- Author writes to provide facts
Persuasive Text - Author writes to convince the reader
Narrative Text- Author writes to tell a story
500
The difference between cause and effect is...
Cause is something that happens
Effect is what happens as a result of the cause