Strategies
Organizers
Literature
T.2.T.
Tips for Studying
100
Crossing out answers that don't make sense.
What is eliminating answers?
100
An organizer you would use for a compare and contrast essay.
What is a venn diagram?
100
Persuade, inform, and entertain. It stands for.....
What is P.I.E.?
100
You don't know what you are looking for.
What is skim?
100
To look over notes and get a good night sleep.
What do you do the day before the PSSA's?
200
You can find the answer in the text.
What is a green light question?
200
An organizer you would use for a fact and opinion essay.
What is a web diagram?
200
The way a story is written.
What is genre?
200
You already know what you are looking for.
What is scan?
200
Don't stress over it, treat it like a normal test.
What do you do the day of the PSSA's?
300
You have to use what you have learned from the story to come up with an answer.
What is a yellow light question?
300
A organizer you would use for a main idea and detail essay.
What is a four square diagram?
300
Literary works that describe real people, events, and/or ideas.
What is non-fiction?
300
When the author hints at future events.
What is foreshadowing?
300
Re-read the passage and keep in mind about the question.
What do you do when you come to a hard question?
400
You have to look in the text for "clues" to come up with an answer.
What is red light question?
400
Topic sentence, example, explain, and tie it up.
What is T.E.X.E.X.T?
400
Novels, novellas, and short stories.
What is fiction?
400
Plot, characters, setting, theme, and conflict.
What drives a story?
400
For the first part, you look back in the text for a reasonable answer. For the second part, look for supportive details that will back up the answer.
What do you do when you come to a two part question?
500
Look for sub-headings, any vocabulary, and look at the questions(all before reading).
What is the three steps of test taking?
500
Role, audience, format, topic, and strong words. It stands for....
What is R.A.F.T.S.?
500
The perspective from which the story is told.
What is P.O.V.?
500
Asking questions and taking notes as you read.
What is T.2.T.?
500
Make a diagram that helps you organize details and main ideas that will help you answer the question.
What do you do when you come to an essay question?
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