Tier 2 Vocabulary
Affixes
Parts of a Story
Writing
Test-taking strategy
100
Define "contribute"
Add to
100
Define the prefix "un-" (e.g., unacceptable)
Not
100
What do you call the person who tells the story?
The narrator
100

What does it mean to use textual evidence in your writing?

It means to put a phrase from the text in quotation marks as evidence to prove your answer. 


Example: "Coffee is 10% healthier than soda."

100

How many days is the ELA State Test this year? What days is it?

Two days (this Wednesday and Thursday)

200
Define "character motivation"
Why a character does what they do (i.e., their inspiration)
200
Define the prefix "re-" (i.e., "redo")
Again
200
What do you call everything that happens in a story?
The plot
200
How many pieces of evidence do you need in a 2-point response?
TWO
200

True or false: You can play on your chromebook independently once you are done with the test, even if other students are still working on their test

False
300
Define "compare"
Find what is similar between two texts
300
Define the prefix "sub" (e.g., substantial)
Under
300
What do you call the most intense part of a story or the turning point?
The climax
300

What do you need to do in the Analysis part of writing?

Explain how your evidence relates to your claim

300

What does process of elimination mean?

It means to narrow down the answers so you have less options to choose from.

400
Define "persuade"
to convince someone to see things the way you see them, to change someone's mind about something
400
Define the suffix "-ing" (e.g., jumping)
doing the verb
400
What do you call the smaller conflicts a main character faces from the beginning of a story to the middle (i.e., this is "The Road of Trials" in the hero's journey)?
The rising action
400

What does it mean to turn the question around?

It means restate the question as a statement before you answer.

400

If a questions asks you to look at specific lines in a passage, what should you do?

You should re-read them and then underline them (also acceptable: gist them, however, this strategy is best used when you are asked to look at a whole paragraph)

500
Define "connotative"

the associated meaning of a word in addition to its explicit meaning (e.g., “home” sounds cozier and safer than “house”)

500
Define the Latin root "bene-"
Good
500
What do you call the end of a story where everything is back to normal (i.e., "Return to the Ordinary World" in the hero's journey)?
The resolution
500

What does it mean to make a claim?

It means to share your opinion on the question.

500

True or false: Research shows that the longer students take on the ELA State Test, the better their score is.

False. In fact, the longer students take to take the test the worse they perform. It is best to work steadily through the test.

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