Point of View
Test Taking Strategies
Prose and Poetry
100
This is the point of view in which the narrator tells his/her own story, using pronouns I, me, and my.
What is first person?
100
When trying to answer a multiple-choice question, one should eliminate these.
What are (2) wrong answers
100
This is a group of consecutive lines in a poem similar to a paragraph in prose.
What is a stanza?
200
This kind of narrator is all-knowing and does not use first person pronouns.
What is third person omniscient?
200
When reading a test question, it is wise to circle or underline these in the question.
What are key words?
200
Novels, essays, and autobiographies are examples of this kind of writing.
What is prose?
300
This is the point of view in which the narrator is in the story, but focuses attention on one other character.
What isthird person limited?
300
It is extremely important to get this the night before a test.
What is (enough) sleep?
300
This is the term used for rhymes that occur at the ends of lines of poetry.
What is end rhyme?
400
This can be supported by facts, but cannot be proven true or false.
What is opinion?
400
When asked to answer questions about a written passage, this is what should be done first.
What is read(ing) the questions?
400
This is a poem whose shape resembles the subject it describes.
What is a concrete poem?
500
In this kind of writing, the writer shares his/her own thoughts, feelings, opinions, and judgements.
What is subjective writing?
500
Before starting a test, this should always be done, even if the test looks simple.
What is read(ing) the directions?
500
This is the use of words whose sounds imitate their meaning.
What is onomatopoeia?
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