Literary Terms
Reading Strategies
Questions
The Extras
Test-taking Strategies
100
A figure of speech which compares two things with the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
Type of text feature that provides extra information about the text in order for the reader to better understand the text.
What is a text box?
100
This question will ask you to determine similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
100
For the best results when taking the test, what does your teacher tell you to do?
What is "take your time"?
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 question will ask you to determine the essential message of the passage.
What is the main idea?
200
Ms. Meade says this often during class.
What is ___________________?
200
This tip will give you a good chance of getting a question right
What always having a reason for the answer you chose, or proving your answer?
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
Another word for drawings, pictures, or photographs related to the story.
What is an illustration?
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 exagerated, such as similies, metaphors, and personification.
What is figurative language?
400
This type of answer to a question can be found directly in the text; provides an exact answer.
What is a "right there" question?
400
Entertaining, Informing, Persuading
What are the three main author's purposes
400
The definition of setting
What is the time and place of a piece of narrative writing?
400
This will happen to you if you don't follow the testing rules.
What is test invalidation?
500
The feeling you get from reading a story or poem based on the author's choice of words.
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, read the questions first? (UPWARDS) Any three will work!
500
This question will ask you to understand the reasons WHY something happens and the RESULTS.
What is cause and effect?
500
Any three types of organization for reading passages.
What is chronological, cause and effect, comparison / contrast, main idea and details, problem / solution?
500
What your teacher tells you to do when you "say" you are finished with your test.
What is go back and double check your answers?
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