What is "Restate the Question, Answer the Question, Detail, Detail, Strong Conclusion" ?
100
The FIRST thing you should do when you are in the Multiple Choice section.
What is READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IN THE READING.
100
The number of times the listening passage is read
What is two
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
Writing in your test booklet for underlining and note-taking - yes or no?
What is YES - YOU BETTER!
200
What your reading passages should look like when your test is over.
What is - Full of underlining where you found the answers.
200
What you should write down when listening to the reading during the listening passage.
What are main events, important people, setting, details?
200
A struggle between two outside forces
External conflict
200
Jake sneezed four times during eighth period yesterday. Today, he is not in school. What is the MOST LIKELY reason that he is out of school?
(a) He was in an accident
(b) He was being bullied
(c) He was sick
(d) He hates school
300
The types of responses for Books 1, 2 and 3.
What is:
Book 1: Multiple Choice - 90 minutes
Book 2: Listening/Multiple Choice/3 Short Response/ 1 Essay - 90 minutes
Book 3: Reading/ 4 Short Response/ 1 Essay - 90 minutes
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
What you use to respond to the listening response question.
Your notes.
300
Giving hints as to what will happen in the story.
What is foreshadowing.
300
Three purposes that authors write.
What is
To Inform
To Persuade
To Entertain
400
The first thing you should do after you have read the question for the essay portions of the test.
Include an example.
What is Brainstorm or PLAN.
Venn Diagram/T-Chart/Double Bubble
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
Give 3 examples of figurative language and their definition.
What is simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, repetition, tone
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.
What is 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 one or more inferences and details
500
The main idea of a story
What is theme?
500
What happens if you leave any answer blank on the ELA.
What is - it will always be marked wrong - so TRY IT OUT NO MATTER WHAT - ESPECIALLY THE WRITING!