Strategies
What is the first thing you should do when you are starting to work on your questions (think of step 1 of your strategies)?
Read the question
Define claim
Author's argument or position on a topic
This is used to add color to the passage.
Highlight
This is a character's perspective OR how the story is told?
POV (point of view)
How long are both sessions for Reading?
85 minutes
What is something you can do to help you understand your articles/texts? (There are multiple possible answers)
Highlight, planning sheet, take notes, etc.
What kind of figurative language is this?
She was as sweet as candy
Simile
Good night's rest, eat breakfast, charge computer, pack backpack, etc.
How a text is organized.
Text structure
An educated guess supported by text evidence.
Inference
What is something you can do to help you get rid of answers you know are wrong?
Strike-out/strike-through
Name 3 different types of text structure
Compare & contrast, description, problem/solution, cause & effect, chronological/sequence
To "flag" a question you might want to review later.
Mark for review
The message, lesson, moral, or topic of a text.
Theme
Audio passages require you to use these
Wired headphones
What should you do when you think you're done answering a question? (2 parts/answers here)
Double-check you've answered correctly based on the text AND type of question
Define tone vs. mood
Tone- speaker/author's feelings
Mood- reader's emotions
To cross out answer choices that you have eliminated as possible correct answers.
Strike-through
Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole, Oxymoron are examples of this.
Figurative language
How are 7th/8th grade students testing?
Computer
Why should you come up with the answer in your head before looking at other choices?
So you don't get tricked
These are the four types of author's purpose. (List ALL of them)
Persuade, inform, entertain, share personal story
Why can/should you wait to submit your test at the end of the 85 minutes?
So you can review/edit answers
One is the dictionary's definition and one is an emotional meaning/feeling.
Denotation- definition
Connotation- emotional feeling
What kind of texts could you read on the test?
Informational articles, short stories, poems, etc.