Skills/Vocabulary
What is a generalization?
the problem or struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
To find the similarities between two things is to compare; to find the differences between two things is called THIS
What is contrast?
You receive this much credit for blank answers.
What is zero points? NEVER LEAVE A QUESTION BLANK!
Your short response answers should include this many details from the text.
What is 2-3?
The message the author is trying to teach us.
What is theme?
The turning point in a story; usually the point with the most tension
What is the climax?
This is the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
What is fiction is fake and nonfiction is real?
Use this process to remove multiple choice answers that are incorrect in order to narrow the number of items
What is the process of elimination?
You should always use RADD to answer short response questions. The letters in RADD stand for these three words.
What are Restate, Answer, and Detail?
What a story is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
The overall feeling of a text is called this
What is the mood?
The qualities that make up a character's personality, including how he or she thinks, acts, feels, and behaves
What are character traits?
If you're unsure of an answer about a reading passage, you should ALWAYS do this.
What is LOOK BACK IN THE TEXT!
These will help you when writing your extended response (essay).
What are bullets?
These help you understand what you are reading. The can be looked at before, during and after reading. They are often maps, graphs, or drawings.
What graphic sources?
When the narrator is NOT a character involved in the story.
What is third person?
The three main purposes authors have for writing are THESE.
What are to persuade, to inform, and to entertain?
If you're stuck on a question and it's taking a long time to answer it, you should do this.
What is mark it, move on with the test, and return to it after you finish the rest of the test?
In this part of the essay, you should include plenty of text details and explain how those details support the point you're trying to make.
What are the body paragraphs?
A word that means the same or almost the same thing as the original word.
What is a synonym?
An author's attitude or feelings toward the subject he or she is writing about is called this. (Ex. admiring, critical, positive, negative, etc.)
What is tone?
If you are asked to arrange something in chronological order, it means THIS.
What is time order?
Use THESE to help you figure out the meaning of any unfamiliar words in a text.
What are context clues?
You should always do this after you finish writing any written response.
What is proof read?