Poetry
ECR
Figurative Language
Test Taking Strategies
Plot Elements
100

What is the "paragraph" of the poem?

Stanza

100
What does ECR stand for?

Extended Constructed Response

100

Comparison using "like" or "as".

Simile

100

What should I do right before I start reading a passage?

Highlight the title, preview text/graphic features and identify the genre.

100

The introduction of the story

Exposition

200

What else is numbered in a poem?

Lines

200

What is another word for the ECR?

An essay or response.

200

Comparison without "like" or "as".

Metaphor

200

What are some strategies I do DURING reading the passage?

1. for fiction identify CSPER by highlighting

2. for informational identify headings and important facts

200

Turning point of the story

Climax

300

First step after reading the poem

Reread the poem and analyze stanza by stanza

300

What type of language should be used? Formal or informal?

Formal

300

Figurative that helps you create images in your mind.

Imagery

300

What does BDA stand for?

Before During After

300

The problem of the story gets solved

Resolution

400

What is theme?

Theme is the message the author is trying to communicate.

400

What should be included in an ECR body paragraph?

Reason/topic sentence, evidence, explanation
400

Figurative language that gives objects human characteristics. 

Personification

400

What must be included in an ECR?

Central idea/claim

Reasons

Evidence 

Explanation

400

Events leading up to the turning point of the story and the problem

Rising action and Conflict

500

What type of language does a poem use?

Figurative language

500

How should my ECR be formatted? (3 types of paragraphs in order)

Introductory paragraph, body paragraph, conclusion paragraph

500

An expression that has a different meaning from its literal meaning.

Idiom

500

How can I tell I need to use a comma?

If there is a pause, I need to use a comma.

500

Events following the turning point

Falling action