Test Strategies
The first thing you should do when reading your reading passage is circle the title and________?
Make a prediction
Group of lines separated by a space.
Stanza
Q1"Winds may be hazardous. Remain indoors." What does the word "hazardous" mean?
A. fast
B. cold
C. unsafe
D. steady
Q2 The phrase that helps you find the meaning.
Q1 C
Q2 remain indoors
"The sea is a shiny emerald beneath the sky."
Metaphor
A fiction summary should include:
The beginning (setting and characters)
Middle (problem)
End (resolution)
What should you do while reading through the answers on a multiple choice question?
Eliminate the incorrect answers
[Provide text evidence for answers]
Poem with no rhyme, pattern, or recognizable structure.
Free Verse
Q1 "It's not something you do actively: it's involuntary." What does the word "involuntary" mean?
A. not visible
B. not done under your control
C. not done in a healthy way
D. not happy
Q2 The phrase that helps you find the meaning
Q1 B
Q2 not something you do actively.
"The road was as flat as a pancake."
Simile
The plot contains:
The sequence of events in a story:
1. exposition
2. rising action
3. climax
4. falling action
5. resolution
True or false? You will always find the answer word for word in the passage.
FALSE: Sometimes the answer will be somewhere else in the paragraph. Sometimes you must make inferences.
When a line of a poem ends and another starts on the next line.
Line Break
Last summer we went on vacation to New York City. New York is filled with "skyscrapers", such as the Empire State Building, and other tall office and apartment buildings. It was a fun place to visit even if I did have to strain my neck because I was looking up all the time. What is the correct meaning of skyscrapers?
A. tall buildings
B. Buildings in NYC
What is A
Words that explain a photograph in a selection.
Caption
A non-fiction summary should include:
1. main idea
2. details/facts (from each section)
3. conclusion
When you read an unfamiliar word, you should use context clues. Which of the following is NOT an example of the form of a context clue?
A. definitions
B. synonyms and antonyms.
C. pronunciation
D. examples
What is C. pronunciation?
A poem that expresses the poet's feelings.
Lyrical Poem
My friend and I have a new project. He has a huge tree in his backyard and we want to build a tree house. First, we need to get some "lumber". We are going to go to a store that sells wood for that. What is the meaning of the word "lumber"?
A. boards cut from logs.
B. Move in a clumsy way.
What is A.
These are the words that tell what the characters should be doing as they say their lines.
Stage Directions
The author's purpose for writing fiction text or poetry is to...
entertain
express feelings
True or false. When using context clues to find the meaning of the multiple meaning word, you must look only in the sentence in front of or after the word?
FALSE: You should look somewhere in the paragraph.
When words or phrases are repeated periodically throughout the poem.
Repetition
For our recycling project, we collected bottles, newspapers, and other kinds of "refuse". It is amazing to see what some people throw into the garbage. What is the meaning of "refuse"?
A. to say no or reject something
B. trash or rubbish
What is B?
Theme is...
The author's purpose for writing non-fiction text is to...
persuade, inform, explain, or describe