FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
TRICKY TEST VOCABULARY
READING STRATEGIES
GENRE
MISCELLANEOUS
100
Giving human traits to nonliving(inanimate) objects.
What is personification?
100
What you should do if you are asked to give evidence, or support your answer.
What is use examples from the text?
100
TRUE OR FALSE: It's okay to leave a question blank if you do not know it.
What is false?
100
a type of text that is a made-up, or not real, story.
What is fiction?
100
What RACE is used for.
What is the open-ended response?
200
Compare and contrast a metaphor and a simile.
What is: both compare two different things; simile uses like or as.
200
What you should do if you are asked to write a "composition"
What is write an essay?
200
What you should use to help you if you are unsure of a word in a passage.
What is context clues?
200
A made-up story that is not true, but can actually happen in real life. It discusses "real-life" issues.
What is realistic fiction?
200
What RACE stands for.
What is restate the prompt, answer all questions, cite text evidence, and extend/connect?
300
A sequence of words that begin with the same letter.
What is alliteration?
300
What you should do if you are asked to "infer"
What is read between the lines or make an educated guess?
300
The two tasks you should use UNWRAP for.
What is reading the passage and answering multiple choice questions?
300
A type of fiction that deals with a certain event in history.The story may not be real, but the information about the event is real.
What is historical fiction?
300
The number of paragraphs you should write in an open-ended depends on...
What is how many bullets/questions there are?
400
"It took a thousand years to finish my homework last night!"
What is a hyperbole?
400
What you should do if you are asked to justify
What is explain why?
400
What the U, N, and W stands for in UNWRAP
What is underline the title, number the paragraphs, walk through the questions?
400
A passage that informs, explains, or teaches a topic. All events in the passage are real and true.
What is nonfiction?
400
An example of a sentence starter for using text evidence in your open-ended.
What is "In paragraph 3, it says..." ; "The author states..."; "In the passage, it says..."?
500
A common phrase that cannot be taken literally.
What is an idiom?
500
Another word for "adage."
What is a saying or phrase?
500
What R, A, and P stand for in UNWRAP
What is read the passage (twice), answer the questions, and prove your answers?
500
A story that includes talking animals.
What is a fable?
500
How long will you have to complete the READING sections?
What is 30 minutes?
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