Test-Taking Strategies
Literary Terms
Wild Card
BCR's
Text Types and Structure
100
Always read first to save time and energy
What is questions
100
Also known as atmosphere.
What is mood?
100
The senator has been criticized for going on expensive JUNKETS to foreign countries.
What is trip or journey?
100
BCR's should be written in this point of view.
What is first?
100
Everyday text
What is informational text?
200
A verb that means to read between the lines
What is infer?
200
Parts of a story are called.
What is plot?
200
Statistically speaking, the 1976 Buccaneers have the worst record in the NFL having gone 0-14. Fact or opinion.
What is fact?
200
A BCR should have a minimum of this many sentences.
What is six? 1. Topic Sentence (main idea) 2. Supporting detail (example from text) 3. Supporting details (example from text) 4. Explanation for example 5. Explanation for example 6. Conclusion
200
Jack and Jill ran up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after. The text structure most appropriate is.
What is chronological order?
300
A way to to make an educated guess based on what you ALREADY know
What is Process of Elimination or P.O.E.?
300
An author's message or purpose for writing a story, poem or play.
What is theme?
300
Usually located in the summary or the first paragraph of a reading selection.
What is main idea?
300
Because his car was in the shop. The grammatical error present in the above sentence.
What is sentence fragment?
300
Figurative language is typically found in.
What is fiction (poetry, short stories, plays)?
400
These can be determined by reading the sentence before and after a word of interest.
What is context clues?
400
She met the man of her dreams and later his beautiful wife.
What is ironic?
400
When reading a question these words mean there are more than one answers that could answer the question.
What is BEST or MOST LIKELY?
400
Based on the excerpt, explain how Roark controls the meeting with the Dean. Support your answer with relevant and specific information from the excerpt. The number of examples from the text to include in answer.
What is 2?
400
Apples and oranges are both fruits, which means that they have seeds inside of them. Each has a skin, but orange skins are thick and easy to peel. Apple skins are thinner and do not peel easily. Oranges also contain more acid than apples, but both fruits are delicious. Identify the text structure.
What is compare and contrast?
500
These types of questions are ALWAYS answered in the passage.
What is "right there" questions?
500
The streets is talking is an example of.
What is personification?
500
The ingredients listed on the side of a candy bar wrapper Describe the author's purpose.
What is to provide information about the nutritional value of the candy?
500
Based on the article, describe the precautions that are taken to ensure the safety of fencers. Support your answer with relevant and specific information from the article. Write the first half of this topic sentence.
What is "The precautions that are taken to ensure the safety of fencers is................."
500
The dodo bird used to roam in large flocks across America. Interestingly, the dodo wasn’t startled by gun shot. Because of this, frontiersmen would kill entire flocks in one sitting. Unable to sustain these attacks, the dodo was hunted to extinction. The best example of text structure is.
What is cause and effect?
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