Poetry Terms
Literary Terms
Terms
Test-Taking Strategies
Mystery
100
SPLASH! is an example of this poetry term when the sound of the word echoes the sound it represents.
What is onomatopoeia?
100

The problem or struggle between opposing forces in a story.

What is conflict?

100
To find the similarities between two things is to compare; to find the differences between two things is called THIS
What is contrast?
100
You receive this much credit for blank answers.
What is zero points? NEVER LEAVE A QUESTION BLANK!
100

Your short response answers should include this many details from the text.

What is 2!

200

"The withering willow was watered," is an example of this poetry term where the beginning consonant sounds of the words are repeated in a phrase or sentence

What is alliteration?

200
The turning point in a story; usually the point with the most tension
What is the climax?
200
This is the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
What is fiction is fake and nonfiction is real?
200
Use this process to remove multiple choice answers that are incorrect in order to narrow the number of items
What is the process of elimination?
200

You should always use RACECE to answer short response questions. The letters in RACECE stand for these 4 words.

What are Restate, Answer, Cite Evidence, Explain.

300

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

What is a simile uses like or as. A metaphor does not. BOTH compare things.

300
The overall feeling of a text is called this
What is the mood?
300
The qualities that make up a character's personality, including how he or she thinks, acts, feels, and behaves
What are character traits?
300
If you're unsure of an answer about a reading passage, you should ALWAYS do this.
What is LOOK BACK IN THE TEXT!
300

When you cite evidence from the text and say word for word what the text says, the sentence needs to have what around it?

"What are quotation marks."

400

Why do authors use figurative language in their writing?

What is to make us hooked and to let us paint a picture in our heads better.

400
When the narrator is NOT a character involved in the story but knows the thoughts of one character it is called THIS point of view
What is third person limited?
400
The three main purposes authors have for writing are THESE. (Hint: The first letters of each word spell out PIE)
What are to persuade, to inform, and to entertain?
400
If you're stuck on a question and it's taking a long time to answer it, you should do this.
What is mark it, move on with the test, and return to it after you finish the rest of the test?
400

Punctuation at the end of quotation marks...

What is always goes inside?

She said, "Please stop!"

500
Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses
What is imagery?
500

What a story is mostly about in 1 sentence. The main point they are trying to make.

What is main idea?

500

Name the 4 different ways a non-fiction book can be organized...

What is....

Problem and Solution

Compare and Contrast

Sequence/ Chronological order

Cause and Effect

Description


500
Use THESE to help you figure out the meaning of any unfamiliar words in a text.
What are context clues?
500

What is an adverb.

Give an example of one as well!

What is a word that describes a verb or action!

She walked QUICKLY.

He will race TOMORROW.

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