Poetry Terms
Literary Terms
Test-Taking Terms
Test-Taking Strategies
Short Response and Essay Writing
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
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 or pieces of evidence from the text.

What is 2 or 3?

200
"Withering Willow" 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

A CER is sometimes a helpful method to  answer short response questions. The letters in CER stand for these three words.

What are Claim, Evidence and Reasoning??

300
"Her hair is silk" is an example of this poetry term.
What is metaphor?
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

These three things belong in the introduction of an essay.

What are a "hook", focus statement, and point 1&2?

400

"She was as busy as a bee getting ready for the school dance." Is what type of figurative language?

What is a Simile?

400

The authors attitude expressed through the words they use in a text.

What is tone?

400

To build over time

What is to develop?

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

In this part of the essay, you should include plenty of text details and explain how those details support the point you're trying to make.

What are the proof paragraphs?

500

A reference to a famous person, place or event

What is Allusion?

500

A universal message the author is trying to convey.

What is theme?

500
If you are asked to arrange something in chronological order, it means THIS.
What is time order?
500
Use THESE to help you figure out the meaning of any unfamiliar words in a text.
What are context clues?
500

What 7th grade ELA teacher is the GOAT?

Who is SESSUM?

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