Figurative Language
Fiction Terms
Non-Fiction Terms
Random Lit. Questions
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

texts that have no opinion and ONLY give facts or unbiased information.

What is informative?

100

When supporting your response, you need ______ from the text. 

What is evidence?

100

When I don't know an answer, what can I do?

What is process of elimination? (Slash the Trash)

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

states an author's position about a topic and tries to get readers to agree with it. 

What is argument?

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 and get plenty of sleep?
300

words that are different from their literal, or usual, meaning. 

What is figurative language?

300

struggle that the main character tries to overcome

What is conflict?

300

statements the author presents as true in order to support his or her position. 

What is claim?

300

details that directly support the author's central idea as known as _________________ details

What is supporting?

300

I should do this before reading the passages

What is read the questions?

400
a comparison between two unlike things that give human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
400

the series of episodes, or events, that make up the story

What is plot?

400
an author's main reason for writing

What is author's purpose?

400

a conclusion based on what you already know and the text evidence

What is an inference?

400
electronic devices (cell phones, ipods, mp3s, hand held video games, calculators)
What is not permitted in the classroom on testing day?
500
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
the main point the author is trying to get across in a text
What is central idea?
500
the way a specific author writes
What is style?
500

In stories, authors split their texts into paragraphs, but in poetry, authors split their texts into ______________.

What are stanzas?

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?

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