Skills
When words start with the same letter sound.
What is alliteration?
The MOST important part of BRACES.
What is ACE?
The strategy for reading a text closely to answer questions.
Another word for establish.
What is to begin or start?
A one sentence summary of the whole text.
What is the central idea.
A grouping of lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
The in E in BRACES.
Explain (your thinking)
Used for a 2 point short response.
What is BRACECES?
Another word for convey.
What is to show?
The acronym P.I.E. stands for this.
What is Persuade, Inform, Entertain?
The life lesson the reader gets from story.
What is theme?
Transition words or phrases that are used to start a conclusion sentence or paragraph?
In conclusion, therefore, finally, as you can see, to sum it up, to wrap it up, lastly..
Shapes used for organizing a 4 point response.
What are triangles and rectangles?
The definition of contribute.
What is to provide or help?
The feeling the reader gets.
What is a mood.
The author's perspective.
What is Point of View or P.O.V.?
Changing a question into a statement.
What is restating?
An answer that seems right but there's a better one.
What is the distractor?
Another word for illustrate.
What is to show?
What is text evidence?
The 6 parts of the plot map.
What are exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution?
This comes after "because" in an explain.
What is an inference?
What should be read in order to be successful as you are taking the test.
What is EVERYTHING?
The definition of inference.
What is an original thought combining background knowledge and the text information?
The blank scrap paper provided for the test should used for this.
What is making the essay organizer, jotting down acronyms and any other helpful info?