Figurative Language
CFS
Fiction Terms
Nonfiction Terms
Random Questions
100
a comparison between two unlike things that does no use the terms like or as
What is metaphor?
100
the number of paragraphs in a quality literary analysis task or a research simulation task
What is 4-5?
100
the time, place and location of a fictional text
What is setting?
100
having no feeling or personal opinion included (i.e. an ______ summary)
What is objective?
100
the first thing test takers should do when starting a PARCC ELA session
What is look at the prompt?
200
a comparison between two unlike things that does use the word like or as
What is a simile?
200
the last sentence of an introduction that clearly answers the main question of the prompt
What is a thesis statement?
200
the attitude the writer expresses in a given portion of text
What is tone?
200
an author's argument stated in a complete sentence
What is claim?
200
time order
What is chronological order?
300
language that means exactly what it says (the opposite of figurative language)
What is literal language?
300
the context writers will provide in the introduction of the essay that will show test graders they have comprehended the passages
What is a brief summary of each passage?
300
the main problem of a story
What is the central conflict?
300
the opposite of the author's claim
What is the counterclaim?
300
the way a character views the world
What is point of view/perspective?
400
a comparison between two unlike things that give human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
400
the MINIMUM number of pieces of evidence required in an essay on PARCC
What is 4?
400
the insight about life or truth about the world revealed within a text
What is theme?
400
the reason an author wrote a text or what they hope to accomplish with the text
What is purpose?
400
details that directly support the author's central idea as known as _________________ details
What is relevant/supporting?
500
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
the step between reading the prompt and going back to read the passages on PARCC
What is make a graphic organizer?
500
the main point the author is trying to get across in a text
What is the central idea?
500
the way a specific author writes
What is style?
500
In prose, authors split their texts into __________________, but in poetry, authors split their texts into ______________.
What are paragraphs and stanzas?
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