Key Vocabulary
Multiple Choice Questions and more Key Vocabulary
Short Response Questions
Extended Response Questions
Reading Skills
100
Another word that describes a text that is non fiction.
What is informational?
100
The process of crossing out obvious wrong answers.
What is the process of elimination?
100
The first thing you do when answering.
What is to rephrase question.
100
A suggested way to start your introduction.
What is hook the reader with a question, anecdote, or quote?
100
A strategy used to break up a long text into shorter parts. The reader jots the gist of each section in the margins.
What is chunking?
200
The overall lesson of a piece of literature.
What is theme?
200
When something is reasonable, it is also...
What is sound?
200
You should always include this AFTER you state your textual details.
What is make an inference that connects details to answer.
200
A suggested way to end your conclusion.
What is leave a lasting impression?
200
The ability to make logical guesses about a text based only on the information you are given.
What is to infer?
300
The attitude that the writer writes in.
What is tone?
300
To come to a conclusion after close analysis.
What is to determine?
300
The amount of details you should use for the state exam.
What is two details?
300
The most crucial part of your body paragraphs (and of your entire essay).
What is give evidence that supports your claim?
300
You must use these to determine the definitions of difficult words in a text.
What are context clues?
400
The setting of a story usually establishes this.
What is mood?
400
The events in a story.
What is plot?
400
You should make this part really clear before supporting it with details.
What is your answer?
400
Something you shouldn't do when writing essays based on texts that you've read.
What is use the pronouns "I", "My", "Me"? etc Example: My essay is going to be about... I am going to write about....
400
We use these to help us understand difficult texts. Examples include subtitles, graphs, pictures, and captions
What are text features?
500
Another word that describes a text that is fiction.
What is literary?
500
To judge the quality of something.
What is to evaluate?
500
About how many sentences should a short response be if you meet all requirement?
What is at least five?
500
A recommended strategy to use when trying to come up with a lasting impression for your conclusion.
What is to return to your hook? Example: answer your question, add to your anecdote, explain your quote.
500
You perform this action when closely examining a text to make inferences, predictions, and practice other active reading skills.
What is to analyze?
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