Sentence Structure
Test Taking Strategies
Figures of Speech
Revising Drafts
Miscellaneous
100
or, but, nor, so
What are conjunctions?
100
The most important meal of the day?
What is breakfast?
100
This part of speech should always agree with the subject in a sentence.
What is the verb?
100
The reading comprehension strategy to answer questions for rough drafts.
What is THIEVES?
100
A poem that gives praise and honor.
What is an ode?
200
A sentence/independent clause containing a subject and verb.
What is a simple sentence?
200
The reading comprehension strategy for non-fiction text.
What is Thieves?
200
Comparing two unalike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
200
The 3 types of paragraphs in any draft.
What is the introduction, body and conclusion paragraphs?
200
An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
What is a stanza?
300
A sentence containing 2 independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
300
The reading comprehension strategy for poetry.
What is TP-CASTT?
300
"My father is a big baby!" is an example of this figure of speech.
What is a metaphor?
300
A question or statement in the introduction that grabs the attention of a reader.
What is the hook?
300
Information (such as a definition, synonym, antonym, or example) that appears near a word or phrase and suggests its meaning.
What is a context clue?
400
An independent clause joined by one or more dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
400
A great strategy to isolate (single out) the best response.
What is to eliminate the wrong answers?
400
A figure of speech in which an object or thing is given human qualities or abilities.
What is personification?
400
Usually in the end of the introduction, this sentence states the claim of an argument.
What is the thesis statement?
400
The five elements of a story plot diagram.
What is exposition; rising action; climax; falling action; resolution?
500
A sentence using a subordinate such as because, since, after, although or when.
What is a complex sentence?
500
T-Title P-Paraphrase C-Connotation A-Attitude S-Shift T-Title (again) T-Theme
What does the acronym, TPCASTT stand for?
500
The poem/song, "Love of My Life" is an example of which figure of speech AND what kind of poem?
What is personification and an ode?
500
The 3 revising strategies when editing a draft.
What is adding, deleting or substituting information?
500
The product of a number and a sum is equal to the sum of the individual products of addends and the number. That is: a(b + c) = ab + ac
What is the distributive property?