Test taking Strategies
How important is PM 3 and why?
Because I need a 3 or higher to be out of intensive for HS and to have more options regarding my class schedule.
Why might an author use a metaphor?
To make the reader carefully consider the comparison and create a vivid picture in the reader's mind.
When a character in a story is struggling with feelings or making a decision
What is internal conflict
When given a non-fiction article, you must set your mind to do these 2 things before answering questions.
What is read the entire selection carefully and annotate for main idea.
What is another name for a turn in a sonnet and why is it important?
Volta. It marks a turn or shift in thought, helping the sonnet move from one idea to another and deepen its meaning?
When you are torn between several answers, it is the process you use to narrow down to one.
What is the Process of Elimination?
Breaking both legs was just a minor inconvenience.
What literary device is this?
Meiosis
(This downplays the importance of something)
The theme of a story is this
What is the lesson that you learn from the story
The main thought that the author is conveying is called...
What is central idea?
What Figurative Language is used:
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
What is personification?
What is the most important thing to consider when answering most ELA questions?
THE MAIN IDEA!
Why might an author choose to use a hyperbole?
To exaggerate something or some emotion
How do you find the theme of the story?
Look at character development, most important plot details, word choices. Think about the lesson the author is trying to convey.
restating a specific paragraph or portion of a text concisely using new words to clarify the passage, but retaining its content or idea
What is summarizing?
Perhaps the self-same song that found a path
Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home,
She stood in tears amid the alien corn;
This is an example of which literary device?
What is alliteration?
If you cannot figure out an answer to a question, it is best to do this.
What is skip it and return to it after you complete questions you do know?
What is the effect of this figurative language? Bonus for stating what kind of figurative language.
The wind whistled through the whispering trees.
Alliteration that makes the sound of the wind.
OR
Personification gives the wind a human action
Why is the setting important?
It sets the mood and tone for the story.
This will help guide you to information more quickly; it helps organize an article so you know what each section is about
Annotations
Figurative langauge used in:
We are young
Heartache to heartache we stand
No promises
No demands
Love is a battlefield
What is a Metaphor?
When you read a question, you should do this before you read all of the possible answers.
What is try to come up with an answer on your own first which will make you more confident in choosing the correct answer?
When one thing is expected and something different occurs
What is irony?
What are six elements of a story?
Plot, Character, Conflict, Theme, Setting, Point of View
List the 7 text structures.
description, chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, sequence, problem and solution, proposition and support
Example of which literary device (not personification):
“I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street.”
What is hyperbole?