Figurative Language
Literary Analysis
Benchmarks
Test Taking Strategies
ACT
100
A figure of speech which compares two things with the words “like” or “as”
What is a simile?
100
The writers word choice and the dictionary meaning of a word.
What is connotation and denotation?
100
This benchmark will ask you to draw similarities and differences
What is compare and contrast?
100
This means eliminating the choices you know are wrong
What is process of elimination?
100
The writer's attitude towards particular subject.
What is the author's tone?
200
Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words
What is alliteration?
200
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is plot development?
200
This benchmark will ask you to determine the essential message of the passage
What is main idea?
200
The first thing you should do when you are given the passage to read
What is look at the title?
200
Instead of relying on your memory, you should do this when answering the questions
What is go back in the passage and find the answer?
300
A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, object or an idea
What is personification?
300
Character vs Society, Character vs Character, and Character vs Self.
What is character conflict?
300
The mood, place, time period of an article.
What is setting?
300
You do this when all else fails.
What is pray?
300
The reason the author wrote the article
What is the author’s purpose?
400
Language that appeals to the five senses
What is imagery or sensory words?
400
Pull out the literary devices, decide the connotation, reread with a new mindset, and analyze.
What are the 4 steps to analyzing poetry?
400
This benchmark will ask you to read between the lines to draw a conclusion
What is making an inference?
400
Topic, Ask questions and Paraphrase.
What is TAP?
400
Graphs, Charts, titles, headings, and pictures.
What are text features?
500
An exaggerated statement used to emphasize a point
What is a hyperbole?
500
Static character, flat character, and dynamic character.
What is character development?
500
The statement that best supports the idea(hint:textual support).
What is validity and reliability(Info text)?
500
This will happen to you if you don’t follow the testing rules
What is invalidation?
500
Spatial order, chronological order, problem/solution, and fact/opinion.
What is text structure?
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