Test Taking Strategies
When answering a open-ended response, use this strategy.
What is R.A.C.E.
The moral of a story.
What is the theme.
Lines that are grouped together in a poem
What is a stanza
A word part that is added to the beginning of a word (like re- and pre-)
What is a Prefix
The author of the play
What is the Playwright.
When you come across a word you don't know, you should do this.
What is use a dictionary.
The narrator’s position in relation to the story being told (includes 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person)
The beat that helps shape a poem's meaning and structure.
What is Rhythm.
All the components of a story or article that are not the main body of text. These help readers to locate important information and aid in understanding.
What is text features.
The words that are spoken by the actors.
What is Dialogue
True or False: You should always preview the questions before reading the text.
What is True.
What is plot.
A vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted. When a poet or author uses WORDS TO CREATE A PICTURE in the reader's mind:
What is imagery.
The way authors organize information in text.
What is text structures.
A part of a play
What is an Act.
Making notes in the margins, underlining/marking important dates, names, places, and events, and summarizing (GIST) paragraphs in a passage are all a part of
What is annotating.
Figurative Language: In 7th Grade by Gary Soto, Victor's cheeks transform into rose bushes. This is an example of
What is a metaphor.
The use of the same words or phrases over and over (helps the reader focus on the speaker’s main point)
What is Repetition.
The text focuses on the similarities and differences between two people, things or ideas.
What is Compare & Contrast
A part of an Act.
What is a Scene.
Using other words in the sentence or passage to help determine the meaning of an unknown word.
What is context clues
The part of the plot when events and complications begin to resolve themselves. The reader knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not.
What is Falling Action.
a combination of elements used to create a feeling or special effect. Includes alliteration, metaphor, simile, personification, and onomatopoeia. It's a way of saying something other the literal meaning of the words.
What is Figurative Language
Taking information from two or more areas of text and adding all this connected information together to come up with a conclusion.
What is Synthesizing.
give directions to the actors how to act on stage. They are usually placed in parentheses and/or in italics.
What is Stage Directions