Poetry
The classroom was as quiet as a tomb.
The poetic device being used.
What is a simile?
The speaker in the following example:
When Sara stole Lizzie's best friend, she admitted, "I did it on purpose."
Who is "she"/Sara?
The sequence of events in a story
What is plot?
The three types of writing responses on ISAT.
What is narrative, informational, and persuasive?
Karen is asking to see the manager.
The subject in this sentence.
What is Karen?
There was a loud bang when the door slammed shut.
The poetic device being used.
What is onomatopoeia?
Even after the long hike, Maria was exuberant, bursting with energy and excitement.
The definition of the target word.
What is full of energy and excitement?
This drives the plot forward and creates tension in the story.
What is conflict?
These are the things you will need to include if you are writing a narrative response.
What are plot, characters, and dialogue?
Their going to the park after school.
The error in this sentence.
BONUS - spell the corrected word.
What is "their"?
They're
James is a rock.
The poetic device being used.
What is a metaphor?
The instructions were so convoluted that nobody could figure out how to assemble the furniture.
The definition of the target word.
What is complicated or hard to follow?
This is the turning point in the action of a story.
What is the climax?
This is something you will include when writing an informational response.
What is textual evidence?
A group of boys waited patiently to play basketball.
The subject.
What is "a group of boys"?
I do not like green eggs and ham,
I do not like them Sam I Am.
The poetic device being used.
What is rhyme?
Unlike his docile brother, Max was wild and hard to control.
The type of context clue being used in this example.
What is antonym clue?
All of the things that happen in Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution relate to this.
What is the conflict?
These are two unique things that your persuasive writing response should have.
What are claim and counterclaim/rebuttal?
Even when I cannot figure out the answer to the problem.
Identify what type of clause.
What is a DC?
We have one million hours of testing this week.
The poetic device being used.
What is hyperbole?
Despite the torrential rain, the hikers continued their trek, undeterred by the deluge pouring from the sky.
This is an example of the context clue.
What is an inference clue?
This is the main idea and lesson learned from a story.
What is theme?
This is the only response type that should have your opinion in it (the claim).
What is persuasive?
I always win my games, I am the best player ever!
Identify the error.
What is Comma Splice?