Tip Drill
This is what you should do the night before the end of grade tests.
A. Study until 3 AM and only get 2 hours of sleep
B. Relax and get lots of sleep
C. Forget you have a test and skip school
B. Relax and get lots of sleep?
These are the people, animals or things in a story.
A. Setting
B. Plot
C. Theme
D. Characters
D. characters
The main point an author is trying to make in a non-fiction text.
A. Plot
B. Central Idea
C. Theme
B. central idea
This is how many times you should read a poem on the EOG before attempting to answer any questions about it.
A. 0
B. 6
B. at least 2 times
This point of view would be found in a text that uses lots of words like "I," "my," "we," and "our."
A. Second
B. First
C. Third Omniscient
B. First
This is what you should do before reading each new passage on the End of Grade test.
A. Skip reading and go to the questions
B. Choose random answers
C. Preview the questions
C. preview the questions?
This is when and where a story takes place.
A. Theme
B. Plot
C. Setting
D. Characters
C. Setting
What do you call the main argument the author is trying to make in an argumentative/persuasive text?
A. Opinion
B. Claim
C. Problem
B. Claim
"The robber was as sly as a fox" is an example of this type of figurative language device.
A. Metaphor
B. Hyperbole
C. Simile
C. Simile
This is what you should look for in the text to make sure each of your answers is correct.
A. Sight Words
B. Words you don't know
C. Text Evidence
C. Text Evidence
This is what you should do if you get stuck on a hard question on the test.
A. Skip it and come back; choose an answer and move on
B. Reread the entire story and sit staring at the question
C. Give up and close your computer
A. Skip it and come back; choose an answer and move on
These are the problems that a character can encounter in a text.
A. Plot
B. Conflict
C. Theme
B. Conflict
What is it called when you use the most important details to describe a non-fiction text.
A. Conclusion
B. Summary
C. Inference
B. Summary
"It is a furnace in that classroom" is an example of this figurative language device.
A. Simile & idiom
B. Metaphor & hyperbole
C. Personification & metaphor
B. Metaphor & hyperbole
This is the emotional impact or meaning intended by a word or phrase, which may be slightly different than the actual dictionary definition of the word.
A. Feelings
B. Connotation
C. Claim
B. connotation
These are 2 things you should do if you finish the test early.
A. Go back and check your answers and trying again on difficult problems
B. End the test without telling a teacher
C. Sit silently staring at the end of test screen
A. Go back and check your answers and trying again on difficult problems
The lessons the characters learn from resolving a conflict will often lead to this.
A. Theme
B. Plot
C. Conflict
A. theme
This is what author's support strong arguments with (as opposed to just using their own thoughts and opinions).
A. Details
B. Claims
C. Evidence
C. evidence
"My computer hates me" is an example of this type of figurative language device.
A. Personification
B. Simile
C. Onomatopoeia
A. Personification
This can be conveyed through an author's choice of words in a text, and reveals how the author feels about a topic or character he or she is writing about.
A. Theme
B. Plot
C. Tone
C. Tone
What should you do to help you eliminate answer choices and even get the answer correct. (Hint: This is, in part, because test makers know that students rush through the test and don't take their time).
A. Cross out random answers to have less choices
B. Read the question and ALL answer choices first. Eliminate the ones you know are incorrect or don't make sense.
B. Read the question and ALL answer choices first. Eliminate the ones you know are incorrect or don't make sense.
The sequence of events of a story.
A. Theme
B. Characters
C. Plot
C. Plot
This type of text structure is often found in persuasive texts, and shows the result of an action or choice.
A. Cause and Effect
B. Compare and Contrast
C. Persuasive
A. cause and effect
"Boom!" What type of figurative language device is this?
A. Alliteration
B. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
C. Onomatopoeia
These are the 4 main purposes author's have when they create fiction and non-fiction texts.
A. Entertain, Inform, Explain/Instruct or Persuade
B. Demand, Question, Explain, Entertain
A. Entertain, Inform, Explain/Instruct or Persuade