Test Strategies
Poetry
Vocabulary
Imagery
Misc
100
The first thing you should do when reading your reading passage is circle the title and ______________?
What is make a prediction? What is highlight the topic sentences? What is look at the pictures?
100
A group of lines seperated by a space.
What is a stanza?
100
"Winds may be hazardous. Remain indoors." What does the word "hazardous" mean? A. fast B. cold C. unsafe D. steady
What is unsafe? (C)
100
"The sea is a shiny emerald beneath the sky" A. simile B. metaphor C. idiom D. hyperbole
What is metaphor? B
100
Includes information from the beginning, middle, and end of the passage. Should not include any details.
What is summary?
200
What you should do while reading through the answers on a multiple choice question.
What is eliminate the answers?
200
When words have the same ending sound.
What is rhyme?
200
It's not something you do actively: it's involuntary. What does the word "involuntary" mean? A. not visible B. not done under your control C. not done in a healthy way D. not happy
What is not done under your control? (B)
200
Which of the following is a simile? A. The teacher likes when her class listens. B. The road was as flat as a pancake.
What is B?
200
The sequence of events in a story, play, or movie. Rising action, climax, and falling action.
What is plot?
300
True or False? You will always find the answer word for word in the passage.
What is False? Sometimes you have to make inferences to get an answer.
300
When a line of a poem ends and another starts on the next line.
What is line break?
300
Last summer we went on vacation to New York City. New York is filled with "skyscrapers," such as the Empire State Building, and other tall office and apartment buildings. It was a fun place to visit even if I did have to strain my neck because I was looking up all the time. What is the correct meaning of the word "skyscrapers?" A. tall buildings B. buildings in NYC C. The Statue of Liberty D. Adobe hut
What is tall buildings? A
300
When you make a picture in your mind as you read.
What is visualize?
300
The central topic, subject, or concept the author is trying to point out.
What is main idea? What is theme?
400
When you read an unfamiliar word, you should use context clues. Which of the following is not an example of a context clue? A. Definitions B. Synonyms and Antonyms C. Pronunciation D. Examples
What is pronunciation (c)?
400
True or False? All poems rhyme.
What is false?
400
My friend and I have a new project. He has a huge tree in his backyard and we want to build a tree house. First, we need to get some "lumber." The meaning of the word "lumber" is _______________. A. move in a clumsy way B. boards cut from logs C. a record or journal D. to cut down a tree
What is boards cut from logs? B
400
"The clouds were crying in the sky." A. hyperbole B. simile C. personification D. idiom
What is personification? C
400
The point of view when the word "I" is primarily used.
What is first person?
500
True or False? When using context clues to find the meaning of a multiple meaning word, you must only look in the sentence that the word is used in.
What is false? Sometimes the meaning can be found in the sentence before, after, or in the paragraph.
500
A poem that does not rhyme.
What is free verse?
500
For our recycling project, we collected bottles, newspapers, and other kinds of "refuse." It is amazing to see what some people throw into the garbage. What is the meaning of "refuse?" A. to say no or reject B. trash or rubbish
What is trash or rubbish? B
500
My best friend and I are two peas in a pod. A. simile B. metaphor C. idiom D. hyperbole
What is idiom? C
500
The point of view when he, she, or they is primarily used?
What is third person?
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