Test Strategies
The first thing you should do when you get the passage is...
What is do a snapshot
Group of lines separated by a space
What is a stanza
When words have the same ending sound.
What is rhyme
Includes information from the beginning, middle, and end of the passage, problem and solution.
What is summary
Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain and Describe are all types of what
What is author's purpose
While you are reading the passage, make sure you...
What is stop and think.
Oh my beloved belly button.
The squidgy ring in my midriff.
Your mystery is such tricky stuff:
Why are you so full of fluff?
What lines rhyme?
What are lines three and four.
A poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem
The sequence of events in a story, play, or movie. Rising action, climax. falling action.
What is a plot
A story that is about a persons life written by someone else.
What is a biography.
When you a vocabulary questions, you should _______ with the answers.
What is plug in the word.
What is a poem that is funny?
What is a humorous poem.
A poem that has no rhythm and has no rhyme.
What is Free Verse
The central topic, subject, or lesson the author is trying to point out
What is theme
Something you can prove with the text
What is evidence.
True or False, when you have words in italics, you have to go back to the text.
What is false
A poem that expresses the poet's feelings.
What is a lyrical poem
Name of the author of a poem
What is a poet.
The most important thing about the selection or section.
What is main idea.
What is a genre that has animals that act like people.
What is fantasy.
When a question is asking you about a "section" they are referring to the...
What is subtitle/sub-heading.
A poem that does not rhyme.
What is a free verse poem
I've hunted near, I've hunted far
I even looked inside my car.
I've lost my glasses, I'm in need,
To have them now so I can see.
What is lines 1 and 2.
The reason the author writes a story.
What is author's purpose.
How do you infer?
What is use your background knowledge and text clues