Test Taking Strategies
The best way to not leave anything blank.
What is answering all the questions?
The logical sequence of events that make up a story
What is the plot?
The major turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
She was a storm with the way she carelessly tossed everything about.
What is a metaphor?
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At age 19, Victoria packed up and left her childhood home in Houston
What is a period at the end of the sentence?
The best way to ensure your answer is correct.
What is looking back in the text?
A person who tells the story
Who is the narrator?
The end of a story when all conflicts have been resolved
What is a hyperbole?
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jane austen became best know for Pride and Prejudice.
What is capitalize the J, the A, and change know to known.
The use of a tool to understand a new or difficult word.
What is using the dictionary?
The main character of a story, novel, or play?
Who is the protagonist?
What is falling action?
While waiting for the STAAR results, my heart pounded like a set of drums.
What is a simile?
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That's my favorite book I don't like the sequel.
What is add a comma and a "but" after book? OR What is add a semicolon between book and I.
Adding notes to a reading in order to simplify or understand it in your own words.
What is annotating?
A person, animal, creature, or thing in a story
Who are the characters?
The climax of The Ultimate Gift
What is when Jason returns from Ecuador and realizes what is really important?
The sun greeted me with blistering heat
What is personification?
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Weather he is dangle from a balloon or searching for honey, Winnie The Pooh is a favorite character of young reeders.
What is change Weather to Whether, change dangle to dangling, capitalize the "t", and change reeders to readers.
What you should do before completing your essay.
What is prewrite or make a draft?
The lesson a story has relating to life
What is the moral?
The exposition of Dread Nation
What is post-Civil War America with zombies and Jane's backstory, and setting the scene for Miss Preston's Combat School?
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles/ and my daddy said stay away from Juliet
What is an allusion?
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No, I don't think it's a good idea to start your essay the day before it's due.
What is nothing?