Reading Strategies
Creating a mental image of what you read.
What is visualizing?
A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"
What is simile?
The paragraph in the essay that contains the thesis statement.
What is the introduction?
Taking notes.
What is annotating?
Information that supports your answer and the author's claim.
What is evidence?
Using the knowledge you already have and applying it when reading.
What is using background knowledge?
A comparison of two things without using the words "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
This page on the state exam is used to outline your writing.
What is the planning page?
Deciding what answer is the best choice, 2nd best, 3rd best, and 4th best.
What is ranking?
The way the author expresses his feelings through his writing
What is tone?
Using the most important details from the text to come up with a 1-3 sentence overview.
What is summarizing?
Giving human characteristics to non human things
What is personification?
Taking notes as you read to be prepared with evidence when you begin to write.
What is annotating?
This strategy will help you focus your reading and make accurate annotations.
What is reading/reviewing the questions first?
The overall atmosphere of a text.
What is mood?
Using background knowledge and what the text says to draw a conclusion.
What is making an inference?
She is slower than molasses.
What is hyperbole?
The paragraph that reviews the differences in a comparative essay.
What is the conclusion?
Not using "I", "Me", "My", in your short or extended responses.
What is keeping your writing objective?
The message or moral lesson that can be taken away from the text.
What is theme?
Determining the main point, what the author wants to teach or show you on a topic.
What is finding the central idea?
The repetition of consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
When you should read the essay question when taking the state exam.
What is before reading the passages the essay is about?
The sentence in your essay that exclusively states the similarities of your comparative essay.
What is thesis statement?
Reading strategies that you should use while taking the state exam.
What is ALL?