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Multiple CHOICE
100

What do you call a poem with a 4 line stanza and a specific rhyme scheme?

What is a Quatrain.

100
Define Non-Fiction
True story, or something that is not made up
100

What is an example of a theme in a fictional story?

Answer must be a message.

Ex - Family is important

       What goes around, comes around

       Working to overcome problems or struggles

100

When writing a short response, what do you ALWAYS put in the first sentence?

Restate and answer the question.  Make a claim.

100
You should always read the multiple choice questions before reading any text. True or False & Why?
False, because the test questions might confuse you./ You should pre-phrase/preview your answer
200
Name the type of figurative language: He ran like the wind!
What is simile
200
What is a text feature that you might find underneath a photograph?
What is a caption
200
Describe what is meant by the tone of a story
What is the author's attitude toward the subject matter or toward the reader or audience.
200
What have we told you should go at the END of a short response?
What is a conclusion sentence or perhaps statement!
200
When asked a question about the meaning of a word in a story or article, what strategies could you use to decipher the words meaning?
What is use context clues, plug in the choices given, use word parts (prefix, root word)
300
Karen was a ray of sunshine What type of figurative language is presented in the sentence above?
What is metaphor
300
What is an example of nonfiction writing piece
Article, Auto/biography, essay.
300

What literary devise gives the reader a hint at what will happen in the future?

What is Foreshadow

300
How do you figure out how many paragraphs to use in your extended response?
Use the bullets and determine if it is necessary to have 2 or 3 body paragraphs
300

What strategy should you use to analyze the questions?

Circle or underline words that you know.

400

Oh, the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells
Of Despair!
How they clang, and clash, and roar!
What a horror they outpour

What type of figurative language is used in this poem?

What is onomatopoeia. 

400
What are some important things to make note of in non-fiction text?
Dates/time periods, names, places
400
What do you call the part of the plot where one of the main characters makes a dramatic decision.
climax
400

What do you need to make sure you include in your short response or body paragraphs of your essay?

Evidence and Explanations. You have to have inferences!

400

What should you do if some of the answers fit and some don't.

Eliminate answers that don't fit.

500

Create a Haiku right now.  Go!

Answers will vary.

500
What is author's perspective?
How the author feels about a subject.
500

In this type of point of view, the narrator is NOT one of the characters and is able to describe the experiences and thoughts of EVERY character in the story

What is third person.

500

In an extended response question, how many details should you have to support your introduction/claim?

4 details. You need two details from each text to show how the stories are similar.
500

While reading the text, what strategy should you use to take notes after each paragraph?

Annotate