Figurative Language
Literary Elements
Writing Tasks
Vocabulary in the Directions
Test Strategies
100
This literary device compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile.
100
Tell what setting is. Must name BOTH components.
What is where and when a story takes place.
100
This type of writing task asks for a claim, evidence, and counterclaim.
What is argumentative writing.
100
Tell what the word "demonstrate" means.
What is to show.
100
Explain what process of elimination means.
What is to look at the multiple choice answers and cross out the ones that you know are not correct.
200
This literary device compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor.
200

Tell us what characterization means

What is how the author shows a characters personality, traits, and motivations in a story.

200

A writing task that involves you finding a theme/central idea AND how a writing strategy helps develop the theme/central idea

What is a Text Analysis

200
Tell what analyze means.
What is examine the pieces.
200
Tell what you should do when a question refers to lines. For example: "The quotation in lines 34-37 are included to show that..."
What is go back and reread the lines and the lines around it.
300
Tell what personification is.
What is a literary device that prescribes human like characteristics to an object or animal.
300

What writing strategy is this?

A students is being punished for breaking the rules made by the school.

What is the conflict.

300
You must always use this to support your answer.
What is text evidence.
300

What is another word for an "alternate claim"

What is a counterclaim

300

What is a strategy that helps you analyze a quote and explain why it's important to your claim

What is Say-Mean-Matter

400

What is symbolism?

When one object/person represents another object/idea/person

400

What writing strategy is the authors feeling on the story

What is tone.

400
If you're using words directly from the text to support your answer, you must tell the name of the text and use __________________.
What is quotation marks.
400
Tell what theme means.
What is the lesson in the text.
400

What is the point value of Part 1, Part 2, AND Part 3

What is 24, 24, and 8

500
Explain the effect of the author's word choice in the following sentence: The old stairs creaked as I ascended, and I could hear the radiator howling from one of the bedrooms. A black cat ran into the shadows at the top landing, and I sensed a formidable presence in the terrifying house.
What is to create a mood of horror and suspense.
500

Name three types of conflict

What is...

Person v Self/Person/Society/Supernatural/The Machine/Nature

500
Tell one phrase you can use to introduce a quote or piece of text evidence.
What is, "According to the text," "the text says," "an example from the text is..." etc.
500

Central idea is...

What is the theme and the main idea of a text.

500

Tell what you should do after reading every paragraph. Tell what you should do if you're unsure of an answer.

What is underline the main idea and give a one sentence summary. What is go back to the text.

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