Test Vocabulary
What does infer mean as it is used in this question below:
What can the reader infer from these sentences?
A. Read
B. Guess
C. Girl, IDK
D. Predict
What is D, Predict
a specific category, type, or style of literature
What is genre
The use of words in ways that deviate from their literal definitions to add creative, emotional, or symbolic meaning
What is figurative language
Open ended questions that require us to write and include evidence.
What are constructed-response questions
What is the MOST effective way to the combine sentences?
I tried to cover the jagged white streak with blue paint. To my horror it remained visible beneath the blue.
A. The jagged white streak that I tried to cover with blue paint to my horror remained visible beneath the blue.
B I tried to cover the jagged white streak with blue paint, to my horror it remained visible beneath the blue.
C Trying to cover the jagged white streak with blue paint, it remained visible to my horror beneath the blue.
D. I tried to cover the jagged white streak with blue paint, but to my horror it remained visible beneath the blue.
What is D
What does the word convey mean as it is used in the question below:
What is the author trying to convey based on lines 10-13 of the text?
A. Guess
B. Think
C. Show
D. Tone
What is C, show.
This text is written using facts, pictures, table of contents, captions, headings/subheadings
What is non-ficiton texts
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification
When we respond to a writing prompt, we must do this first.
What is restate the question
Ivy has included a sentence that does not belong in the sixth paragraph (sentences 23–28). Which sentence should she remove from this paragraph?
(23) Ella must have felt bad for me, because she sweetly complimented my sunflowers. (24) She was wearing a dress that was almost the same shade of yellow. (25) When I said that hers were much better, she looked surprised. (26) “No, they’re not. (27) I messed up in at least five places.” (28) After a few seconds, she asked, “Want to trade paintings?”
A.Sentence 23
B Sentence 24
C Sentence 25
D Sentence 26
What is B; sentence 24
What is this question asking us:
"The most likely reason the author uses figurative language in this description to.."
A. Tell them what type of figurative language the author used.
B. Determine the text structure the author used.
C.Explain why the author is using figurative language
D. Determine the mood of the story
What is C, explain why the author is using figurative language
This type of text has a plot, characters, and a conflict. The author's purpose is usually to entertain us with a good story.
What is fiction texts
Comparing two things without using the words 'like' or 'as'
What is a metaphor
After we restate the question, we must...
What is answer the question
Ivy needs a better closing sentence for the last paragraph (sentences 33–36). Which sentence should replace sentence 36?
(33) That was two years ago, and since then I’ve taken a few more classes and gotten better at following the instructor’s directions. (34) But my sunflower painting still hangs in the most prominent place in my room—directly above my bed. (35) I look at it frequently and smile. (36) I really like it now.
A Every time I see it, I think of all the difficulty I experienced while painting it.
B To this day, I love to wear the T-shirt I had on that day in the painting class.
C As imperfect as it is, that painting makes me feel happy now.
D From there people see it as they pass by on the sidewalk below.
What is C
What is this question asking us to find:
What is the message of this story?
A. Something the character is saying
B. A moral lesson that we can apply to our real lives
C. The tile of the story
D. Something to remember
What is B; A moral lesson that we can apply to our real lives
This type of text has characters, stage directions, a narrator, characters, and is not written like a regular fiction story.
What is drama texts
the use of vivid, descriptive language that appeals to the human senses—sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell—to create mental images and emotional responses for the reader
What is imagery
When writing a constructed response, we must support our answer by including 1-2 of this specific thing and we MUST use quotation marks...
What is text evidence?
What change should be made in sentence 3?
My dad changed careers and started working longer hours which meant that everyone had to help more at home.
A Change careers to career’s
B Insert a comma after hours
C Change meant to mint
D Change had to has
What is B
What is this question asking us to determine:
How does the characters words and actions contribute to the resolution of the plot?
A. how does what the character says or does help bring the conflict to an end
B. What is the resolution of the story
C. What happens from the beginning to the end of the story
D. What is the rising action of the story
What is A; how does what the characters say or does help bring the conflict to an end
This type of text has lines, stanzas. It often has a message that we can apply to our everyday lives.
What is poetry texts
the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
What is symbolism
What is it called when we have to elaborate on how our evidence connects back to the text?
What is explain
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