Testing strategies
The one sentence you write after reading every passage.
What is the Overall GIST?
Central idea is....
What a text is mainly about
The formula for theme
Topic + lesson learned/life lesson
The number of times you should read a poem.
What is as many times as you need for it to make sense
The neighborhood Ms. Novotny lives in.
What is Harlem?
The first thing you do on a test.
What is read and annotate at the questions?
The types of nonfiction texts
Speech, article, memoir, biography
Identify the tone in the follow sentence:
" I can't believe I failed the test, I studied forever."
Upset or disappointed
The narrator of a poem
What is a speaker?
The other language Ms. Novotny speaks
What is Spanish?
What you do when you don't know a word
Look back in the text for context clues
The three different author's purposes for nonfiction.
What is Persuade, Inform, and Entertain (PIE)
The two types of conflict
What is internal and external conflict
The difference between a simile and a metaphor is
A simile uses like/as
What is Chicago?
The strategy you use if you're stuck on a question.
POE, 50/50, or move on to a different part and then come back later!
The writer's attitude toward the subject they're writing about
What is the tone
The turning point or high point in a story
What is the climax
The figurative language that is used in the follow stanza is...
"At first I think she is calling a child,
my neighbor, leaning through her doorway
at dusk, street lamps just starting to hum
the backdrop of evening."
Sensory Details
The university that Ms. Novotny graduated from.
What is the University of Alabama?
The strategy you use when a question gives you a location (line/paragraph/section) in the text.
Copy and paste the text in a comment by the question.
The skill you need to use if a question asks you how a line/paragraph/section contributes to the text
What is part to whole
Two ways that "meaning" is added to a text
Conflict
Theme
Central Idea
Plot
Character Development
Identify the symbol in the follow stanza:
"To get through life you have to endure as a tree does.
When Mother Nature tries to bring you down,
You will never fall; you will stand your ground.
You will encounter burning flames."
The tree is a symbol for a person.
The sport Ms. Novotny played in college.
What is rugby?