Strategies
What is the first thing you should do after reading the directions? (Before reading the passage)
Read the questions
What is the difference between similes and metaphors?
Similes compare two things using "like" or "as", while metaphors compare two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
What is the time and place in which a story takes place called?
Setting
How many sentences are in a short response? What is the correct format?
6 sentences -
Topic sentence and claim
Detail sentence 1
Explain the detail sentence 1
Detail sentence 2
Explain the detail sentence 2
Conclusion sentence
How many paragraphs make up a complete extended response? What are they?
4 paragraphs -
Introduction
Body paragraph 1 (short response 1)
Body paragraph 2 (short response 2)
Conclusion
Doing THIS in the margins helps you check for understanding, and translate big chunks into digestible information..
Annotating - writing notes in the margins
What is the final outcome of the story - or the solution of the problem?
Resolution
What is the message, moral of the story, or lesson the author is trying to teach in a story called?
Theme
Where do detail sentences come from? What do detail sentences need (beside transition phrase)?
From the text - quotations. They need to be WORD FOR WORD FROM THE TEXT! Copy and paste!
What is the purpose of the hook?
To attract the readers' attention, 'hook' the readers' interest and let them know what the essay is about.
If you are struggling on a question, what should you do?
Leave it blank and COME BACK TO IT LATER.
Re-read it or use process of elimination.
What is it called when the author gives clues that suggest what might happen in the future?
Foreshadowing
What is the difference between fiction and non-fiction?
Fiction refers to literature that is not grounded in real-life events but is made up or created from a writer's imagination. Nonfiction refers to factual stories based on real people, information, or events.
List two detail sentence transition phrases.
In the text it states... ""
According to the text ... ""
The text also states ... ""
The author states... ""
Also...""
In addition...""
How many details (from the text) are there in TOTAL in an extended response?
Four details - two in each short response.
If a multiple choice question says "what answer most likely.." or "what answer best supports", it means that....
There may be more than one answer that is correct, but you choose the one that is MOST correct..
Process of elimination is tougher...
You should go back to the text...
SWISH and SPLASH are examples of what type of figurative language?
Onomatopoeia
What is the feeling a reader gets while reading?
Mood
How do you write a topic sentence? What two things are in a topic sentence?
TTQA and Claim (answer)
The thesis in the introduction paragraph does what...
Answers BOTH questions, and tells you what the essay will be about.
What could/should you do as soon as the test starts? Hint: you do it on your scrap piece of paper.....
Write down what you do not want to forget. For example - short response format order, transition phrases, term definitions you struggle with.
What are rhyme scheme patterns marked with? Give me an example.
Letters - AABB
What is a question asking for when it say - "what is the story MOSTLY about?"?
Central idea/Main Idea
List THREE explain the detail sentence transition phrases.
In other words...
This means...
This shows..
Therefore...
This indicates..
This implies..
This demonstrates..
As a result...
Obviously...
The bullet points in an extended response's directions is important because it.... There are TWO of them.
Tell you what each body paragraph/short response will be about AND breaks down the essay question.