Figurative Language
Reading Strategies
Benchmarks
Your Teachers
Test-Taking Strategies
100
A figure of speech which compares two things with the words "like" or "as."
What is a Simile?
100
Writing the most important information on the side of the passage.
What is marginal note-taking?
100
This benchmark will ask you to draw similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
100
The name of the teacher who uses many sounds while teaching.
Who is Mr. Perez?
100
This means eliminating the choices you know are wrong.
What is Process of Elimination?
200
Repeated consonant sounds occuring at the beginning of words or within words.
What is alliteration?
200
Looking at the hints in a sentence or paragraph to define unknown words or phrases.
What are context clues?
200
This benchmark will ask you to determine the essential message of the passage.
What is main idea?
200
The name of the teacher who gives pep talks.
Who is Ms. Murphy?
200
This tip will give you at least a 25% chance of getting a question that you don't know, right.
What is bubbling the same letter when running out of time?
300
A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, object, or an idea.
What is personification?
300
You can quickly identify important information in each paragraph using this strategy.
What is underlining or highligting.
300
This benchmark will ask you to determine why the passage was written.
What is the author's purpose?
300
The name of the teacher who has an illness that makes him or her confiscate the most phones.
Who is Mr. Perez?
300
This will cause you to ALWAYS, 100% OF THE TIME, get the question wrong.
What is leaving a question blank?
400
Language that appeals to the five senses.
What is imagery?
400
These types of questions should be previewed first before you begin reading the passage.
What are Short and Extended Response questions?
400
This benchmark will ask you to read between the lines to draw a conclusion.
What is making an inference?
400
This person always says, "Good morning students--again, good morning, students."
Who is Mr. Cazanas?
400
This will happen to you if you don't follow the testing rules.
What is invalidation?
500
An exaggerated statement used to emphasize a point.
What is hyperbole?
500
These are three of the pre-reading strategies that we have taught you to use during testing.
What is read the title, preview pictures, preview graphs, read subtitles, read footnotes and/or side notes.
500
This benchmark will ask you to determine the organizational pattern of a passage.
What is method of development?
500
The name of the teacher who works with the State of Florida.
Who is Ms. Escandell?
500
This is what you should do when all else fails.
What is (pray, cry, hope, cross your fingers, eat ice cream, etc.)?
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