Test Taking Terms
What is a prompt?
a question or topic for writing
What is a main idea and supporting details of a text?
The most important point in a text, and information that supports that
The message or lessen in a story.
If a question asks you to evaluate the problem, what does mean?
What is the rule for adding and subtracting decimals?
line them up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If the test asks you to create a response. What does that mean?
Answer a question or writing prompt.
What are the 3 types of author's purpose?
persuade, entertain, inform
What is author's point of view?
I grabbed my backpack and hurried to the bus, hoping I wouldn't be late for school.
If a question tells you to find the sum, what is it asking?
Add
If a question asks you to find the product, what does that mean?
multiply
If a multiple choice question has boxes next to the answer choices instead of circles, what does it mean?
There is more than one answer
What are the steps for citing your evidence?
restate, answer, prove
restate, answer, cite, explain/expand
Using context clues, what does the word "harrowing" mean? Write down some clues that helped you figure out what it means.
The explorer's harrowing journey through the jungle left her exhausted, but she was determined to finish the quest.
Clues: exhausted, determined
If a question is telling you to find the area of a square/parallelogram, how do you do that?
L x W = Area
If a question asks you to find the quotient, what does that mean?
Divide
If you are asked to justify or explain your answer when writing, what does that mean?
You need to provide reasons and evidence, and describe in detail.
What is the author's point of view in this sentence?
Liam grabbed his backpack and hurried to the bus stop, hoping he wouldn't be late for school.
Third person
What is one type of text structure that author's use, and define what it means.
Bonus question for 100 points: What does the word define mean?
Cause and Effect (how an event leads to another event), Compare and Contrast (similarities and differences), Problem and Solution (presents and issue and offers a solution, Chronological (presents events in order), Description (provides details or characteristics), Exposition(explain or inform reader about a topic)
What is the GCF of 8 and 12?
What is the LCM of 8 and 12?
GCF: 4
LCM: 24
How do you find the perimeter of a shape?
How do you find the volume of a rectangular prism?
Perimeter = add up all of the sides
Volume = length x width x height
What are 3 test taking strategies that can help you do your best on a test?
read the directions carefully, and more than once if you don't understand, read the question first before reading a passage, annotate (highlight or underline key words), read all multiple choice answers and eliminate what you know is not an answer, break down the question into parts, restate the question, check your work
Write down 3 types of figurative language and their meanings.
simile (comparison using like or as), metaphor (comparison not using like or as), personification (giving something human like qualities that isn't human), idiom (phrase that has a different meaning than what it says), alliteration (repetition of the same sounds, hyperbole (exaggeration), Onomatopoeia (words from sounds), Irony (something happens is the oppositive of what you'd expect)
Identify the Claim and Counter Claim in this paragraph.
School uniforms can help students focus by removing distractions about what to wear and making everyone feel equal. In the U.S., 18% of schools require uniforms. Some argue uniforms take away students' ability to express their personality, as clothes are a way to show individuality.
Claim: Some people believe that school uniforms are a great idea because they help students focus on their studies instead of worrying about what to wear.
Counter Claim: Some argue uniforms take away students' ability to express their personality, as clothes are a way to show individuality.
When doing order of operations, what are the steps?
PEMDAS (paretheses, exponents, multiplication/division, addition/subtraction)
GEMS (grouping,exponents,multiplication/division,subtration/addition)
Draw a place value chart, putting these in order from greatest to least
(thousandths, tens, hundreds, ones, hundredths, thousands, tenths, decimal)
thousands, hundreds, tens, ones, decimal, tenths, hundredths, thousandths)