Meaning of words
What should you do if you are asked to describe?
Use evidence to explain a person thing or event.
What the word compare mean?
To say how two or more things are alike.
With the field torn up by the players’ cleats, and the cold rain falling in waves, conditions on the playing field were dismal.
What does dismal mean?
Not good or very bad.
The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms, waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby.
What does perched mean?
To sit on top of.
The day before a test, what is one thing I can do to ensure I am ready to focus?
Answers vary.
What should you do if you are asked to define?
You should state the exact meaning of something.
What does it mean to summarize?
To describe the important parts briefly in your own words.
Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables.
What does detest mean?
To hate.
My grandma’s demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest.
What does demeanor mean?
Attitude or personality.
If I am writing an answer to a short response question I should always include what to support my answers?
Evidence
What should you do if you are asked to contrast?
You should explain the differences between two topics in a question.
What does the word develop mean?
To change over time.
As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket, powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach.
What does remorse mean?
To feel bad about.
The lady decided that it was tea time and so, by jingling a tiny silver bell, she beckoned her servants to attend.
What does beckoned mean?
Called or asked for.
When I am taking my test, what strategy can I use to better understand what a question is asking me?
Highlight focus words.
What does author's purpose mean?
The authors reason for writing part of a text. What the author wants the reader to take away (persuade, inform, entertain)
What should you do if you see the word persuade?
Give reasons for a fact or a statement using evidence from the text.
Grandpa didn't know Suzie was coming along on a fishing trip, and now he had to alter his plans.
What does alter mean?
change
When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest, her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe.
What does inquiries mean?
To ask a question.
If I am writing a short response question how many points can I earn for 1 completely correct answer?
2
What does the word convey mean?
What is the author trying to communicate?
What does it mean to infer?
To use clues to come to a conclusion not made in a text
When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger, she became all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor.
What does melodramatic mean?
very over emotional or overreactive.
Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred, they didn’t believe that he was being earnest.
What does earnest mean?
Serious in an intense way.
What is one thing I must have to get a full two points on a short response question?
Answers vary
inference or claim
evidence of analysis
Sufficient number of facts
complete sentences