Figurative Language
Fiction Terms
Non-Fiction Terms
Text Structure
Testing
100
a comparison between two unlike things that does no use the terms like or as
What is metaphor?
100
the time, place and location of a fictional text
What is setting?
100
having no feeling or personal opinion included. Only facts and details are presented fairly.
What is objective?
100
time order
What is chronological?
100
When I don't know an answer, what can I do?
What is eliminate the answers I know are incorrect, flag it for review and answer it later, or take an educated guess?
200
a comparison between two unlike things that does use the word like or as
What is a simile?
200
the attitude the writer expresses in a given portion of text
What is tone?
200
an author's argument stated in a complete sentence
What is claim?
200
the way a character views the world
What is point of view/perspective?
200
one thing you can do the night before to be ready for the test
What is eat a good dinner, get plenty of sleep and no homework?
300
A common phrase whose words mean something entirely different from the individual words
What is an idiom?
300
the main problem of a story
What is central conflict?
300
the opposite of the author's claim
What is counterclaim?
300
details that directly support the author's central idea as known as _________________ details
What is supporting/ key?
300
I should do these 2 things before reading the passages?.
What is "read the questions" and "Survey the text"?
400
a comparison between two unlike things that give human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
400
the insight about life or truth about the world revealed within a text
What is theme?
400
the reason an author wrote a text or what they hope to accomplish with the text
What is purpose?
400
Writers use these to display a visual image for the reader to better understand the written text
What is a graphic feature? diagram, model, timeline, bar graph, etc.
400
electronic devices (cell phones, ipods, mp3s, hand held video games, calculators) are examples of:
What is not permitted in the classroom on testing day?
500
uses a well known person, place or event in history or literature to make a comparison.
What is an allusion?
500
the "big picture" the author is trying to get across in a text
What is main idea?
500
When an author selects the facts they use based on their own personal opinion in order to influence the reader.
What is subjective/bias?
500
In prose, authors split their texts into __________________, but in poetry, authors split their texts into ______________. In drama, playwrights split their texts in _____________.
What are paragraphs, stanzas and scenes?
500
looking for key words, taking notes, reading directions, questions, passages and answer choices carefully
What is what you should be doing throughout the test?