Panic! What do I do!
I read the passage but I don't know what it's about....
Reread the passage.
Look at the questions, and try to answer them based on the passage's content. Look for the information that supports the answer.
Eliminate answer choices. If you can't directly answer a question, try to eliminate answer choices that are clearly incorrect based on the passage.
What is your thinking job for this genre?
Who are the characters? What is the problem? What is the solution? What is the life lesson?
What is cause?
The cause is WHY something happened.
How do you attack a passage (gather a main idea?)
You identify the genre, you jot based on your thinking job, and use your jots to gather a main idea
What is claim?
A statement or idea that is said to be true.
I am stuck between 2 close answer choices...
Reread the question, and underline key words and phrases in the question.
Go back to the passage.
Try to eliminate the ones you're sure are wrong.
What is setting?
The time of day/time period and place in which a story happens.
The effect is WHAT happened as a result of the cause.
How do you attack multiple choice?
read the question, interpret the question, go back to the text to find an answer, match your answer to the answer choice.
What is a summary?
A summary is like a short, simple retelling of something longer, like a book or a story, but you're only telling the most important parts. It's like a quick recap, giving the main idea and what happened, but without all the details.
I don't understand the question to a short response...
Reread the question multiple times.
Underline key words and phrases.
Make a guess.
Write two pieces of evidence from the paragraphs mentioned.
The speaker in a fictional story or passage.
Who is the narrator?
What is chronological order?
Chronological order means putting things in the order they happened, like a timeline. It's like telling a story, but you start with what happened first and then what happened after that, and after that.
How do you attack a short response?
T- Flip the question and answer it.
E- Evidence 1
E- Evidence 2
What does it mean 'to suggest'?
To mention an idea. Or to show, demonstrate, or tell
I am getting tired... I am burning out...
Take a mental break
Ask to get some water
Ask to use the bathroom
Explain central message or idea.
The central message or idea in a fiction story is often called the theme. It's the underlying meaning or message the author conveys through the story. Think of it as the story's core lesson or the author's perspective on a particular topic.
Explain the difference between WHY and HOW, as it pertains to a question being asked.
"Why" questions are about understanding the cause or reason for something, while "how" questions are about understanding the method or process used to do something.
How do you attack a vocabulary and context question?
-Is the word negative or positive?
-Put the word in the place of the other, try to find a synonym
-Read around the word
-Eliminate other choices you know are incorrect
What does it mean 'to infer'?
To "infer" means to figure something out or make an educated guess based on clues or what you already know.
I am starting to lose confidence, what do I tell myself?
I can do this.
I've done this before.
All I can is try my best.
This is an open book test. All of the answers are here, I just need to find them.
I am smarter than this test!
What is theme?
The theme of a story is the main idea or message the author wants to share. It's like the "big idea" or "lesson learned" that the story teaches us.
What is compare and contrast?
Comparing and contrasting means looking at two or more things and finding out what's the same (comparing) and what's different (contrasting).
How do you attack a question about a diagram or picture/illustration?
1. Examine the image: This involves carefully looking at the image.
2. Find matching information in the text:This step requires you to read the passage and locate any descriptions, explanations, or references that relate to the image.
What is point of view?
Point of view in a story refers to the perspective from which the story is told. It's like the narrator's view of the story and the characters. Think of it as who is telling the story and what they are seeing and feeling.