Comparative Reading
Part of Speech
Literary Elements
Test Taking Strategies
Rhetorica
100

Be careful driving or you'll break/brake all of our limbs!

What is Brake?
100
I name attributes, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

Adjective

100

The events that occur in the novel (beginning, middle, end) 

What is the plot?

100

This is the most important thing you can do to prepare for a test the night before.

What is sleep?

100

What are ethos, pathos, and logos?

What are the three rhetorical appeals used to persuade an audience?

200

That fight lead/led to a whole commotion in the common room.

What is led?

200

Jefferson, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jack are examples of this part of speech.

What is a proper noun?

200

"The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel."

Gwendolyn Brooks establishes the ______ with these two lines.

What is the setting?

200

It's a bad idea to spend too much time on one question, instead you should...

What is skip it and come back to it?

200

Give an example or definition of ethos.

rhetorical appeal relies on credibility or authority.

300

He lied because he was trying to lesson/lessen the blow of pain if he told the truth.

What is lessen?

300

 I link other words, phrases, or clauses together (e.g. because, so, therefore, etc.)

Conjunctions or linking words

300

a literary device that presents the struggle between the main character and another force.

What is Conflict

300

A great way to cut down on the time you spend reading is to read the beginning and ending sentence of each paragraph and introduction and conclusion paragraph, this method is called...

What is the 1st, last method?

300

Which rhetorical appeal targets emotions?

What is pathos?

400

I accept/except full responsibility for my actions; everyone went inside after that accept/except Molly.

What is accept, except.

400

Love is technically considered as this part of speech.

What is a verb?

400

When the reader learns about the character from the view point of other characters, or through their own actions this is known as...

What is indirect characterization?

400

These are features you should observe on the test before reading an article (e.g. questions, titles, numbers, and important names or dates).

What are text features?

400

What is pathos?

500

I don't know how she past/passed. I'm sure happy it was Suzy's bird that past/passed last week.

What is passed, past?

500

I modify a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.

What is an adverb?

500

The main idea of a story.

What is the theme?

500

When writing a short answer response this sentence must be included in your introduction.

What is a thesis statement?

500

How does kairos relate to rhetorical appeals?

What is, it refers to the opportune moment or timing in persuasive communication?

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