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Open Response
Test Strategies
Misc. ELA Terms
Poetry
Figurative Language
100
The "R" in RESST stands for what?
Restate the promt
100
To narrow down multiple choice answers, use this method.
Slash the trash.
100
This type of language relates to the 5 senses.
SENSORY LANGUAGE
100
Prose is made up of sentences and paragraphs, but poetry is made up of these two things instead.
Lines and stanzas
100
Life is like a box of chocolates.
Simile
200
The "T" in RESST stands for this.
TIE UP
200
While reading through each passage, I should do this.
Annotate (mark it up)
200
This genre is composed of dialogue and stage directions.
Drama
200
When the last sound of lines sound the same, it is called this.
Rhyme
200
My to-do list is a mile long!
Hyperbole
300
The E in RESST stands for this.
EXPLAIN
300
When a question is about a poem, this is what I should put in the margin next to each question.
The LINE NUMBER where I found the answer.
300
What characters say and do tell us about their personality and core beliefs, otherwise known as these.
Character Traits
300
The beat of a poem created by stressed and unstressed syllables is called this.
Rhythm
300
Don't let the cat out of the bag!
Idiom
400
The 2 S's in RESST stand for this and this.
Support and Show Understanding
400
When a question is about prose, this is what I should put in the margin next to each question.
The paragraph number where I found the answer.
400
This point of view is when a narrator uses "he," "she," and "it" to describe the action of the story, but can only read the main character's mind.
Third person limited
400
Which is more important in poetry: rhythm or rhyme?
RHYTHM
400
Your eyes are an ocean of blue.
Metaphor
500
The first thing I should do after drawing out my rest organizer is this.
FRAME out my answer.
500
This is the first thing you should do when you begin a new passage.
Read the open response prompt.
500
This point of view is when a narrator uses "he," "she," and "it" to describe the action of the story, but can ALL characters' minds.
Third person omniscient
500
The OPPOSITE of poetry is this.
Prose
500
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
Personification