Testing Strategies
The process of summarizing each small section of the text in the margins as you read
Chunking & Anchoring
The lesson or message that an author wants the reader to learn from the story
Theme
Body paragraphs consist of CEER, which stands for…
Claim, evidence, explanation, reasoning
A SPECIFIC person, place, or thing
Proper Noun
In Fortnite, this is the in-game currency used to purchase skins and cosmetics
V-bucks
This process includes highlighting text, identifying unknown words, making comments in the margins, and rereading the passage
Close Reading
The percentage of the choices the author makes for an intentional purpose when writing a story
100%
The sentence in an introduction paragraph that is THE most important sentence in an essay. It is the central focus of the essay.
Thesis
A part of speech: descriptive words that describe nouns
Adjective
This NBA player celebrated his 40th birthday over winter break
Lebron James (GOAT)
The number of options you should try to eliminate from multiple choice questions before choosing the correct answer
Two
List five structural choices authors make to craft their stories
Pov, character, setting, tone/mood, pacing, time jumps, order of events
The purpose of reasoning in a body paragraph
To prove or support the claim of the paragraph
A part of speech: a word use to connect clauses or sentences
BONUS: what do FANBOYS & SWABI stand for?
Conjunctions
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So//Since, When, After, Because, If
List two songs that were in the top 10 for 2024
1. Stick season 2. Beautiful Things 3. Espresso 4. Lose Control 5. Too Sweet 6. A Bar Song (Tipsy) 7. Birds of a Feather 8. Good Luck Babe 9. Austin 10. Please Please Please
The process of choosing between your final two answers by eliminating one that has some piece that to it that is incorrect
Technically, no
The difference between tone & mood
Tone=the author or narrator’s attitude
Mood=how the reader feels while reading the text
A type of essay that’s purpose is to persuade an audience
Argumentative essay
Define connotation and denotation
Connotation: the emotional association or implied definition of a word
Denotation : the dictionary definition of a word
List two celebrities who are in the top 10 for followers on Instagram
1. Ronaldo 2. Messi 3. Selena Gomez 4. Kylie Jenner 5. The Rock 6. Ariana Grande 7. Kim Kardashian 8. Beyonce 9. Khloe Kardashian 10. Kendall Jenner/Justin Bieber
Describe the process of the “Skip Back” strategy
Skipping questions you’re stuck on and going back to them at the end to avoid leaving anything blank
The difference between an author’s perspective and point of view
Perspective=how the author or character views the world based on their experiences
POV=who is telling the story
Three structural choices that writers need to make when crafting an essay
Formal tone, clear & concise paragraphs, a clear thesis, claims, evidence from the text, reasoning that connects back to the prompt, objective language, 3rd person pronouns
Identify and define the three types of irony
Verbal: the character says the opposite of what is meant
Situational: what happens is the opposite of what we expect given the circumstances
Dramatic: the audience knows something that the characters do not
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