Const Responses
Word Meaning
Structures
Short Story
Informational Text
100

What does the R and  A stand for in the RACES strategy. 

What is Restate and Answer?

100

What does "cite"  textual evidence mean?

What is go back to the text to find evidence?

100

The stating of things in order in which they happened by year.

What is chronological?

100

The main character in a short story.

What is the protagonist?

100

This supports your central idea.

What is evidence.

200

How long should  a constructed response be?

What is 6-8 sentences?

200

This type of poem really tells a story?

What is a narrative poem?

200

Which structure produces something and results in something?

What is cause and effect?

200

 Summer of 1985

What is a setting?

200

Each paragraph of informational text contains this.

What is a main idea?

300

What does the "S" stand for?

What is sum it up?

300

What determines tone?

What is diction?

300

Finding an answer to a challenge?

What is problem solution?

300

The highest point of interest in a short story.

What is the climax?

300

To critically examine the components of a subject to understand its meaning and/or nature as a whole.

What is analyze?

400

What does the "E" stand for in the RACES Strategy.

What is explain how your textual evidence supports your answer?

400

What does the word "ambidextrous" mean?

What is the ability to use both hands equally well?

400

Telling how things are alike and different. 

What is compare and contrast?

400

The end of short story.

What is the resolution?

400

The category a text falls into that is categorized by a particular style.

What is genre?

500

What is the purpose of using a marker verb in your explanation?  

What is to analyze how your explanation supports your answer?

500

A group of lines in a poem.

What is a stanza?

500

Steps to making a peanut butter.

What is sequence?

500

The problems within a short story. 

What are conflicts?

500

Only the facts of a text written in paragraph format.

What is an objective summary?

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