Test Strategies
The point of view of a story that uses I, me, my and us are in what person?
First Person
What do we call the animals or people in a story?
Characters
What is it called when you compare to things using LIKE or AS?
Simile
This is the PLOT
What is the problem and solution?
At least how many times do you have to read the selection?
At least twice (Read it again if you still do not understand it)
The moon followed me all the way home, what figurative language is this?
What is personification?
What do we call "where the story takes place?"
What does this mean?
The store is a zoo!
It is a mess!
What are pictures, maps, timelines, illustrations, side bars, charts, a glossary?
What are text features?
What do you do to the questions?
Highlight important words. (find the magic words)
Peter Piper Picked a Pack of Pickled Peppers, what type of figurative language is this?
What is alliteration?
What is the central idea of a story?
What the story is mostly about?
What is the author's purpose?
The reason why the author wrote the text.
______ are two boys in front of me in line. Which is correct?
a. their
b. there
b. there
What do you do to the answer choices you know are wrong?
cross them out (eliminate them)
POP! BOOM! RING! is an example of what figurative language
What is an onomatopoeia?
Which is correct?
a.) They're going to do great.
b.) Their going to do great.
c.) There going to do great.
a.) They're going to do great.
They're
They are
Grandpa's car is the ______ car in the family.
a.) new
b.) newer
c.) newest
c.) newest
Who is telling the story if it's 3rd person point of view?
An outsider observer (narrator).
How do you prove your answers?
Find the evidence/proof.
Highlighting and writing the paragraph number you found your answer
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
What type of figurative language is this?
hyperbole
What do we call "the message or the lesson of a story?"
Theme
What is character perspective?
It's what the character thinks or feels.
When a story's narrator is she, he, they,
What is third person point of view?
I CAN and WILL take (two things)
notes and breaks!!!!