Context Clues
Literary Techniques
Literary Elements
Hodge Podge
Test Taking
100
Mrs. Danders is loquacious. She speaks to anyone at any time for any reason.
What is talkative?
100
One thing or idea is expressed as being similar to another. Similes use like or as.
What is a simile?
100
The overall feeling the work evokes in the reader.
What is mood?
100
Textbooks, newspapers, magazines.
What is informative writing?
100
The main reason that, above all, most of all, the greatest problem.
What are words that signal a main idea?
200
Try out your answer.
What is the best strategy once you have determined the meaning of a word?
200
The use of an object or image to represent an abstract idea.
What is symbolism?
200
The creation and the development of the people who carry on the action in a literary work.
What is characterization?
200
A few words, a whole sentence, or a paragraph or more.
What is a context clue?
200
Mark the selection, underline topic sentences and relevant details.
What are strategies for answering multiple choice questions?
300
Prefixes and suffixes.
What is an affix?
300
deafening silence
What is an oxymoron?
300
The perspective from which the story is told.
What is point of view?
300
Combining information you read with your own knowledge, experience, and judgment to make an educated guess.
What is an inference?
300
Eliminate two choices through common sense and make your best guess between the remaining two.
What is what you do when you don't know an answer to a multiple choice question?
400
Look for examples, an opposite or a contrast, a comparison, a synonym, an explanation or definition.
What is using context to determine the meaning of a word?
400
Words that appeal to the senses and allow the reader to see, hear, taste, feel, and even small what the author is describing.
What is imagery?
400
A character who is a counterpart to the main character and a source of the story's conflict.
What is the antagonist?
400
The principal point of a selection.
What is the main idea?
400
Look for a familiar root word.
What is what to do when you see an unfamiliar word?
500
proceed, promote--pro
What is going ahead, supporting?
500
Words used in an imaginative, nonliteral sense
What is figurative language?
500
The attitude of the narrator or author toward his or her subject.
What is tone?
500
Looking at the topic sentence and relevant information of each body paragraph.
What is how to find the main idea?
500
Convert the question into a topic sentence.
What is how to write the thesis for an open-ended prompt?
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