A figure of speech which compares two things with the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
Writing the the key terms from the question on the side of the passage.
What is the box method?
100
This benchmark will ask you to draw similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
100
The author's purpose is to?
A baboon lives in group sof 50 to 200. It sleeps in trees to stay safe from hyenas, lions, and predators.
What is to educate, inform,or explain?
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 theme?
200
How did the author organize this text?
To make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich you need to
1. Take out bread, peanut butter, jelly, napkins, knife
2. Spread the jelly on a slice of bread
3. Spread peanut butter on a another slice of bread
4. Face the peanut butter side of the bread and the jelly side of the other bread smoosh them together
5. Place your sandwich on the napkin and get ready to eat
What is describing the steps?
200
This tip will give you a good chance of getting a question right
What always having a reason for the answer you chose?
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 answer inference questions by combining these two things
What are facts from the text and your background knowledge?
300
Three examples of the author's purpose.
What is entertain, inform and persuade?
300
What does the word predator mean in this text?
A baboon lives in group sof 50 to 200. It sleeps in trees to stay safe from hyenas, lions, and predators.
What is an animal that eats other animals?
300
This will cause you to ALWAYS, 100% of the time, get the question wrong.
What is leaving a question blank?
400
Language that is not true in fact.
What is figurative language?
400
This question can be found by pointing to the exact answer in the text.
Where is a direct or "right there" question?
400
Entertaining, Informing, Persuading
What are the three main author's purposes
400
What is the author's purpose?
Clever Trevor likes to play
Today he does not know where to stay
He goes to the barn to get some hay
With the horses he will play
What is to entertain?
400
This will happen to you if you don't follow the testing rules.
What is test invalidation?
500
The feeling you would get if the author read the passage aloud.
What is tone?
500
These are three of the many pre-reading strategies you have learned in class.
What is read the title, preview pictures, preview graphs, read subtitles, footnotes, key terms, box strategy, organizers, activating prior knowledge, etc.?
500
This benchmark will ask you to understand the reasons WHY something happens and the RESULTS.
What is cause and effect?
500
How did the author organize this text?
Summer is very hot and humid. Children love to play outside because school is out. Many amazing movies come out in the summer. Everybody likes to play water sports.
Winter is very cold. In some places it snows but not in Florida. People in the winter wear coats and warm clothes to keep warm. Some people like to drink hot chocolate to stay warm.
What is by comparing two seasons.
500
The two most important strategies Mrs. Reece has always told you to do while taking the FCAT.