Grammar Rules
Figurative Language
Testing Strategies
Genre
Academic Language
100

Punctuation that goes at the end of a statement

A period

100

“Her smile was as bright as the sun” is an example of 

A simile 

100

How to feel ready to take a test 

goodnight sleep and/or a full stomach 

100

A nonfiction text that details someone's life. 

biography

100

what is the underlying message or main idea of a literary text?

theme. 

200

A word that correctly completes this sentence: “He run fast”?

runs

200

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

personification 

200

reading the question fully and all answers first 

following directions 

200

Novel's set during World War II based on real events?

Historical Fiction 

200

quotes and examples from the text to support your answer.

evidence 

300

Correct this sentence: “me and him is going to the store.”

He and I are going to the store

300

 “I’ve told you a million times”?

hyperbole 

300

getting rid of wrong answers, partially correct answers, and correct but don't answer the question. 

elimination strategy 

300

a narrator sharing their personal thoughts and emotions, often in diary form?

memoir 

300

Break it down and explain in detail.

analyze 

400

Identify the verb: “She had been studying for an hour."

studying 

400

“The classroom was a zoo by the end of the day.”

metaphor

400

what are ALL ALWAYS MUST  NONE

NEVER   EVERY   ENTIRELY   BEST   

WORST  ONLY   EVERYONE?

absolute words 

400

teaches a moral and includes talking animals?

fable

400

to make a guess based on evidence and reasoning.

infer

500

The difference between “their,” “they’re,” and “there”?

Their = possession, they’re = they are, there = place.

500

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art or literature, like “He was a real Romeo at school.”

An allusion 

500

The percentage of getting a question right if you use this strategy is 75%. 

an educated guess

500

meant to be performed by actors on a stage and often contains dialogue and stage directions.

drama

500

make a final judgment or decision based on evidence and reasoning from a text.

conclude

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