Parts of the Plot
Testing Strategies
RACE Strategy
Important Vocabulary
All About Ms. Burks
100

The part of the story after the conflict and before the climax.

What are rising actions?

100

Reading the text again to help with understanding.

What is re-reading?

100

Typing an answer to the question.

What is answer the question?

100

Examples include science fiction, realistic fiction, poetry, drama, autobiographies, directions, and many more.

What is literary genres?

100

The age of Ms. Burks.

What is 39?

200

How the story is wrapped up and the problem is solved.

What is resolution?

200

A tool used to find the meaning of unfamiliar words.

What is a dictionary?

200

Quoting the text to prove your answer.

What is Cite Evidence?

200

Examples include blissful, hurt, disbelieving, enraged, and more.

What is mood/tone?

200

Ms. Burks favorite color.

What is pink?

300

The problem that kicks off the entire story.

What is the conflict?

300

Stating the beginning, middle, and end of a text or the main ideas of a text.

What is a summary?

300

Developing your answer with more information.

What is Explaining your Answer?

300

Examples include treat others how you want to be treated, love conquers all, and family is for life.

What is theme?

300

Type of pets does Ms. Burks have.

What is 2 cats?  Otis & Cooper

400

The moment the story goes from good to bad or bad to good.

What is the climax?

400

Making notes about text.

What is annotate?

400

Saying the prompt as a statement.

What is Restating the Prompt?

400

Examples include 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person limited or omniscient.

What is point of view?

400

Ms. Burks favorite animals.

What is an otter and a shark?

500

The 2 things included in the exposition.

What is setting and characters?

500

Highlighting/Marking support for an answer from the text.

What is text evidence?

500

2 things needed to complete every sentence.

What is capitalization and punctuation?

500

Fixing your essay for capitalization, punctuation, and other grammar mistakes.

What is editing?

500

The names of Ms. Burks children.

What is Caleb & Olivia?

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