Figurative Language
Test Strategies
Latin/Greek Roots
Sentence Stalking
100

She was as beautiful as the sunrise.

What is Simile

100

Used for Fiction stories to keep track of the plot

What is Plot mountain or SWBST
100

Hydro-/Hydra-

What is water

100

A person place or thing

What is a noun

200

The sun was smiling down on the flowers in the meadow like a wizened grandmother. 

What is personification
200

What the S in CUS stands for

What is Star

200

Bio-

What is life.

200

What a dependent clause starts with

What is a subordinating conjunction

300

When she smiled at him he suddenly felt as though he could lift 20 elephants in the air. 

What is Hyperbole
300

Our daily activity that we use to practice test strategies

What is deep practice

300

Path-/Pathy

What is "To suffer"

300

The proper name for "..."

What is ellipses 

400

The gracious green grass grew quickly.

What is alliteration.

400

When the question asks "why did the author" it is really asking you about--

What is Author's purpose

400

Derm-

What is skin

400

A word placed before a noun or pronoun to modify another word in the sentence--this word also shows a relationship from one word to another

What is a preposition

500
This was the second time he got detention and he knew he was on thin ice with his parents. 
What is Idiom
500

In NonFiction stories, what we underline

What is Main idea

500

Omni-

What is all or everything
500

A FANBOY's proper name

What is a coordinating conjunction