POETRY
The attitude or mood that impacts the way in which a poem is read by the reader.
TONE
Alex hurt his leg. He and his mom went into an office. There were chairs around the walls. There were things to read on the table. Where were Alex and his mom?
A. Dentist office
B. Eye Doctors
C. Doctor's office
c. Doctor's office
What is an ASSERTION?
Google the definition.a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
What is the first thing you do when you see a paired passage?
Read the FIRST passage ONLY and answer the questions for that passage.
How do we know that a setting impacts a character?
A. IT INFLUENCES THEIR ACTIONS
B. IT INFLUENCES THEIR FEELINGS
C. IT INFLUENCES THEIR THOUGHTS
D. ALL
D. ALL
When an author give a non-human thing human-like qualities
PERSONIFICATION
Jack was on an egg hunt. He found one egg under a bush. He found another one by a rock. As he was walking, he tripped and fell. One of the eggs broke and made a mess on his shirt. Why did the egg break?
A. It hit a rock
B. Jack fell on it
C. Jack threw it.
B. Jack fell on it
This a question stem you will see on the IA:
"the poet suggests that one reason for ___ is ____"
What does the word "suggests" mean in this question stem?
A. put forward for consideration.
B. cause one to think that (something) exists or is the case.
C. state or express indirectly.
C. state or express indirectly.
What do you do LAST when you see a paired passage on the IA?
Answer the questions over BOTH texts.
A character goes home for the holidays, and approaches the door with a smile on, and excitement.
How is the setting impacting the character?
She is happy because she is going home for the holidays.
The way we describe a poem that has stanzas that have information that builds off of each other and are NOT individual ideas.
FLOW- Flow of stanzas.
Four girls walked into the kitchen. On the table was a bowl of fruit with a pear, an orange, an apple, and a banana. Sue took the apple, Jan took the pear, and Ann too the orange. Amy frowned at the Banana. Why did she frown?
A. SHE DIDN'T LIKE BANANAS
B. THE FRUIT WAS PLASTIC
C. SHE DIDN'T LIKE FRUIT
A. SHE DIDN'T LIKE BANANAS
"In the meantime, other measures have been taken to protect the yellow-spotted bell frog."
Which is the correct definition of the word "measures" in this sentence?
A. AN ACCEPTABLE AMOUNT
B. A STANDARD USED FOR COMPARISON
C. AN ACTION INTENDED TO ACHIEVE A RESULT
D. A SIZE, CAPACITY, OR WEIGHT OF AN OBJECT.
C. AN ACTION INTENDED TO ACHIEVE A RESULT
When you see a question for paired passages that says "which sentence from this passage relates a similar idea?" Is it asking for a similarity or difference between the passages?
Similarity/ Things they have in common
Jamie nervously walks into a dentist for the first time in 5 years. How do you think this setting impacts the character?
It makes her nervous/impacts her feelings
IMAGERY
She falls asleep in the sun. An odd noise makes he open an eye. It is only the mailman bringing the mail. She stretches her legs one at a time. Then she gets up to find a shady place to nap. Perhaps she will find a mouse! Who is the story about?
A. A GIRL
B. A CAT
C. A DOG
B. A CAT
"No cheers filled the air. The end of our run was met with surprised silence. With the sound of my heart pounding in my ears, I heard the announcer call our time. Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy thoroughbred by a full two seconds!"
Which is correct definition of the word RUN in this short passage?
A. AN ESTABLISHED ROUTE OR COURSE
B. A SERIES OF SIMILAR EVENTS
C. A CONTINUED EFFORT
D. A FLOW OF LIQUID
A. AN ESTABLISHED ROUTE OR COURSE
When you see a question on the IA that says "according to the selections, passage 1 is different from passage two because--" is the question asking for similarities or differences?
DIFFERENCES/THINGS THEY DO NOT HAVE IN COMMON
Fiorella is forced to move to Colorado because of her dad's new job. How will this impact the character and the story?
It influences the next events in the story and it impacts the character's feelings
This is the way that a poem is organized, including line length, tone, and punctuation.
Ray and his dad walk up the dark hill. There were no lights to be seen anywhere. They stopped and set up the telescope that dad carried. Ray pointed to a group of stars, and the telescope was aimed at them. When is this story happening?
A. EVENING
B. DAWN
C. NIGHT
C. NIGHT
"We called our robot Nomad. We had designed it to explore remote places, just as a space robot explores other planets."
Which definition best fits the way the word REMOTE is used in paragraph 9?
A. UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN
B. LOCATED FAR AWAY
C. NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED
D. CONTROLLED FROM A DISTANCE
B. LOCATED FAR AWAY
1. The guitar is one of the most popular instruments in the world. It has many ancestors in different cultures around the globe. Acoustic guitars have a body made of wood, and this material gives the guitar a lovely rich sound.
2. The classical guitar, or Spanish guitar, is an acoustic with a wooden body. It is traditionally played in a specific style that involves complex picking with fingernails rather than strumming.
Finish this sentence: According to the selections, the second paragraph is different from the first because...
A little kid decides to take his bike down a steep dirt hill without his training wheels for the first time.
How could this setting impact the story?
It influences what will happen next in the story!
It may lead to the kid getting hurt in the story or lead to the problem and theme of the story. If he wasn't there we wouldn't have a story.