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Test-Taking Strategies
Poetry
Literacy Skills
Commas
Pronouns
100

Crossing out the obviously wrong answers.

What is Process of Elimination? 

100
When words sound the same, usually at the end of a line.
What is rhyme?
100

A paragraph that sums up the most important parts of a text.

Summary

100
In the sentence "She went to school and then she went to basketball practice" needs a comma where and why?
What is after "school" because it is a compound sentence (two independent clauses).
100
In the sentence "Bobby decided that ___ would study for the test" the correct pronoun would be -
What is "he"?
200

A way to KNOW what you're looking for before you read a text on the test.

Read the question first...always! 

200

When a word, phrase, or sentence is used over and over for effect.

What is repetition?

200

When you go beyond the text and read between the lines.

Inference

200
The sentence "Tristan the smartest student in the class made straight As during his 8th grade year" needs commas where, and why?
What is after Tristan and class because it is an appositive that gives extra information?
200
In the sentence "Bobby decided that ___ would study for the test" which word is the antecedent?
What is "Bobby"?
300

Making notes in the margins of a text to better understand (what skill is this?)

Annotating

300

The beat of a poem created by rhyme and the number of syllables in each line.

What is rhythm? Also acceptable: meter

300

The message of an informational text.

What is the central idea or thesis? 

300
The sentence "She brought her paper her pencil and her book to class every day" needs commas where, and why?
What is after paper and pencil because it is items in a series?
300
The pronoun that goes in the blank in this sentence "It was a fun vacation for my sister and _____".
What is "me"?
400

Name one of the student tools you can use on the computer test.

Highlighter

Guideline

Sketch tool

Masking tool 

Color Contrast

400

A type of rhyme that happens when vowel sounds in the middle of words are repeated, as in the words "down" and "sound."

What is assonance?

Example: Katy Perry's "Roar" 

400

The message/lesson of a literary text.

What is theme?

400
"While reading her favorite book ever she sat on the comfortable couch" needs a comma where, and why?
What is after "ever" because it is a dependent clause / introductory phrase?
400
The word that a pronoun refers to, or is talking about, in a sentence.
What is an antecedent?
500

Use this tool to indicate important information in a text as you read.

HIGHLIGHT important words or phrases

500
When the same consonant sound is repeated at the beginning of words, like "kite" and "kick."
What is alliteration?
500

first person, second person, and third person narration.

What is Point of View (POV)? 

500
"After going to school she went shopping for a new dress" needs a comma where, and why?
What is after "school" because it is an introductory phrase?
500
"John and _____ went to the store to get more supplies".
What is "I"?