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INFORMATIONAL
TEXT
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
LITERARY TEXT
GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE
TESTING
STRATEGIES
100
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF AN INFORMATIONAL TEXT
What is TO INFORM OR EDUCATE
100
A comparison of two unrelated things using like or as
What is a simile?
100
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF A LITERARY TEXT
WHAT IS TO ENTERTAIN
100
What is a root word?
prefixes and suffixes can be added to these to create new word with a different meaning
100
What is going to be early and eating a good breakfast?
Two things to do the night before and the morning of every EOG
200
WHAT IS THE TOPIC
THE GENERAL SUBJECT OF AN INFORMATIONAL TEXT
200
What is onomatopoeia?
Words that replicate a sound like buzz or quack
200
What is characterization?
An author can reveal this type of information directly or indirectly in a story by using the words, actions and reactions of others
200
What is an antecedent?
the word a pronoun should agree with by gender and number
200

What to do when you have tried all your strategies, eliminated bad answers and still can not solve the question.

What is pick your guess answer (B or C)?

300
WHAT IS THE TITLE, INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION
THE THREE BEST PLACES TO FIND CLUES TO THE CENTRAL IDEA
300
What is alliteration?
the repetition of the beginning sounds of words in a line of poetry or story
300

The paragraph like grouping on a poem

What is a Stanza?
300

The part of the word before the root word (con-, -pre, -a)?

What is a prefix?

300
What is be present and on time on all EOG test days?
What is the one thing I absolutely must do in order to earn ALL the fun incentives after the EOG tests are done?
400
WHAT IS A SUMMARY
WHAT ARE THE LISTING KEY POINTS OF AN INFORMATIONAL TEXT
400
What is personification?
"The trees whispered to the flowers below..." is an example of this figurative language technique
400

The emotion a reader gets from a text.

What is mood?

400

The part of a word after the root word (-tial, -tion, etc)?

What is a suffix?

400
What is number the paragraphs, lines or stanzas of the text?
The first reading strategy I use on each reading passage
500

The information used to support the main or central ideas.

WHAT are DETAILS (or EVIDENCE)?

500
What is imagery?
When an author uses sensory language to develop a mental picture
500

The feeling of the author.

What is tone?

500
What is a citation?
Giving credit to an author for there work by including the page number inside a set of parenthesis at the end of a direct quote or paraphrased statement
500
What is refer back to the passage and reread it?
I do this when a reading test question refers to a specific part of a reading passage