Grammar
Definitions
Figurative Language
Test-Taking Strategies
Mixed Bag
100
a noun or pronoun that is performing the action in a sentence
What is a subject?
100
man vs himself man vs man man vs society man vs nature
What are types of conflict?
100
a comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
This strategy helps you know what to look for while you read the passage.
What is reading the questions before you begin reading the passage?
100
a brief account of the main points of a piece that includes information from the beginning, middle, and end
What is a summary?
200
a sentence that is missing either a subject or a verb
What is an incomplete sentence?
200
the conflict that deals with feelings, emotions, or difficult decisions
What is an internal conflict?
200
when you give human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
200
strategy to use if you do not know the meaning of a word
What is use the dictionary/thesaurus or context clues?
200
a main idea or underlying message of a work
What is theme?
300
The sentence "they going" is missing this part of speech. (Hint: identify the word missing and what part of speech it is)
What is a helping/linking verb? (are)
300
the atmosphere of a piece found by looking at descriptions of the setting
What is the mood?
300
when the opposite of what is expected or stated occurs
What is irony?
300
to verify that your answer is correct, you do this with the passage
What is look at that section of the passage?
300
the point of view where a character in the story is telling the story; uses words like "I," "me," and "my"
What is first person?
400
"Go to your room" is this type of sentence.
What is a command/imperative mood?
400
the attitude of the author toward his/her subject and found by looking for dialogue and description
What is the tone?
400
a reference within one work to another famous work
What is an allusion?
400
If an answer choice is only partly true, it can be described as this.
What is a wrong answer?
400
the details that make a character unique (Hint: to find, you look for what the character Says, Thinks, Effects on others, Actions, and Looks like.)
What is characterization?
500
AAAWWUBBIS words (after, as, although, when, while, until, before, because, if since) that make a sentence dependent instead of complete
What is subordinating conjunction?
500
when the author gives a hint about what will happen later on in the story
What is foreshadowing?
500
words and phrases that appeal to the five senses
What is imagery?
500
Use this strategy so that the choices given on the test won't throw you off or trick you.
What is come up with the answer in your head before looking at possible answers?
500
after, then, first, as an example, in the same way, and in conclusion are all words and phrases that are examples of this.
What are transition words?
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