Text Structure
What is text structure?
How an author organizes information within a text.
Does a poem have to rhyme?
No
A figure of speech in which that makes a comparison between two opposite things.
Metaphor
What strategy will you use for constructed response questions?
The R.A.C.E. strategy.
What is this an example of?
The local school has a problem with finding enough substitute teachers.
Problem and Solution
What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem.
Making a comparison between two things that are not alike to create emphasis.
Simile
What strategy will you use for multiple choice questions?
Process of elimination.
What does it mean to examine the similarities and differences between two or more subjects, ideas, or concepts.
Compare and Contrast
What is a line in a poem?
A single row of words
What rhetorical device is being used here?
I am so badly in love with this woman she is my kryptonite.
Allusion
How many essays will be on the Gmas?
1 Essay
Lists a series of items, often using numbering or bullet points.
Enumeration
What is a rhyme scheme?
The pattern formed by end rhymes.
What rhetorical device is being used here?
During a snowstorm my hiking buddy turned to me and asked "it's a bit chilly huh?"
Understatement.
How many constructed response questions will be on the Gmas?
1 Constructed Response.
What is the grouping of items or concepts into categories based on shared characteristics?
Classification
What is the purpose of poems?
To convey thoughts and emotions.
What rhetorical device is being used here?
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills"
Anaphora
How many multiple choice questions will be on the Gmas?
3 multiple choice questions.