Grammar Do's and Don'ts
Baby Steps
Fiction or Non-Fiction is the question
Tidbits of Knowledge
100
You can put two of these around a set of words as long as the sentence still makes sense when you take the words out.
What is a comma or a set of parenthesis?
100
This is the first step you should take when approaching a text and text-based questions.
What is read the questions?
100
This is the author's message in a work of literature.
What is the theme?
100
This question type might ask you to give a the reading passage an alternative title.
What is main idea or central idea?
200
This punctuation mark creates more separation between thoughts than a comma does but less than a period does.
What is a semi-colon?
200
This is the second step in answering an audio based question.
What is Highlight key words such as who, what, where, when, why, how many, # of responses to choose?
200
If asked a chronological order question, these are what I should be highlighting in the text.
What are dates?
200
The significance of an author repeating a word or phrase in a text.
What is to reveal a message or show its importance?
300
This punctuation mark joins two words or phrases together.
What is a hyphen?
300
These are items you need to look at before you read text but after you look at the questions.
What is typographical aids? (Headings, subtitles, graphs, pictures with captions)
300
A conclusion you make based on the text but that is not specifically stated in the text.
What is an inference?
300
To persuade, inform, entertain, describe... are all a part of this possible question type.
What is author's purpose?
400
Avoid this type of "voice" in your sentence when you want show the subject doing the action.
What is passive voice?
400
If you don't know a word in a text, don't give up! Instead, try to figure out its meaning through these 2 methods.
What is affixes (prefixes, suffixes, root words), and context clues?
400
The "Brown Bess" from "My Brother Sam is Dead" is an example of this literary device.
What is a symbol?
400
In a 2-part question, you need to watch out for this trick that the test maker will use to ensure that you know your material in part A.
What is "provide evidence for the wrong answer in part B"?
500
Parents often use this verb mood when trying to find out how your day was.
What is interrogative?
500
This is what you should do when you have finished the FSA session and still have some time left.
What is "go back and review your answers"?
500
A reader can tell this about a character from his or her dialogue, actions, or the setting of a story.
What is character motivation.
500
At least how many times should you cite evidence and give an explanation in a short response question on the FSA test?
What is "at least twice for each"?
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