Conquer the test
Academic Vocabulary
Literary Elements
Not literally
Testing Tips
100
the 2 steps you take as soon as you open to a text in your test
What is scan and mark the text?
100
a category of literature ex: biography, historical fiction
What is genre?
100
the events of a story including the conflict and resolution
What is plot?
100
Words that are used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true
What is figurative language?
100
where you go on Monday and Tuesday to find which room you test
What is the hallway by the cafeteria where the student lists are posted?
200
The 3 steps you take after you have read the text twice.
What is inspect the question, look at the answers, and examine the evidence?
200
an author's reason for writing ex: persuade, inform, entertain
What is authors purpose?
200
the way the narrator feels about the events, setting, and characters in a story
What is tone?
200
"as cute as a kitten" or "busy as a bee."
What is simile?
200
what you do at home to prepare for the test
What is get a good nights sleep and a good breakfast?
300
titles, subtitles, main ideas, bolded words
What are the things you mark on each text?
300
subject/topic + WTAWTS
What is main idea?
300
the perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
300
"the curtain of night" or "all the world's a stage."
What is metaphor?
300
pencils, book, snack, bottle of water
What are things you bring to the test?
400
use context clues or a dictionary
What to do when you don't know a word?
400
background knowledge + text evidence
What is inference?
400
the message of a story or text
What is theme?
400
The chair danced across the room.
What is personification?
400
turned off, in your backpack, and at the front of the room or given to your teacher
What do you do with your phone?
500
a strategy used to comprehend poetry
What is TPCASTT?
500
to make a brief statement including the main points of a text
What is summary?
500
where the reader is introduced to the character(s) and setting
What is the exposition?
500
She cried for days after she lost her favorite stuffed animal.
What is hyperbole?
500
a test-taking strategy to help you comprehend the text and the questions
What is SMILE?
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