Writing Mechanics
Multiple Choice
Listening
Reading
Brain Teasers
100
Key words
What is what you should highlight when understanding a question or passage.
100
The FIRST thing you should do when you are in the Multiple Choice section.
What is READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IN THE READING.
100
The number of times the listening passage is read
What is two
100

What is internal conflict?

  The struggle one has within themselves.

100
What is the definition of author's purpose?
What is the reason why an author wrote something.
200
Writing in your test booklet for underlining and note-taking - yes or no?
What is YES - YOU BETTER!
200
What your reading passages should look like when your test is over.
What is - Full of underlining where you found the answers.
200
What you should write down when listening to the reading during the listening passage.
What are main events, important people, setting, details?
200

What is external conflict? 

  A struggle between two outside forces

200
Jake sneezed four times during eighth period yesterday. Today, he is not in school. What is the MOST LIKELY reason that he is out of school?
(a) He was in an accident (b) He was being bullied (c) He was sick (d) He hates school
300
The types of responses for test questions
Multiple Choice  

Short Response


300
Define: Explain Interpret Compare
What is: Explain: To give reasons for Interpret: To break down the meaning Compare: To show the difference between 2 or more things
300
What you use to respond to the listening response question.
Your notes.
300
What does infer mean? 
To take what you know and combine it with what the author tells you in the text to make an inference 
300
Three purposes that authors write.
What is To Inform To Persuade To Entertain
400
The first thing you should do after you have read the question for the essay portions of the test. 
What is Brainstorm or PLAN. Venn Diagram/T-Chart/Double Bubble
400
Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word impeccable: "His impeccable wife tying that impeccable tie, brushing down that black coat, which by six A.M. would be white with the lint blowing about the gigantic room. Did she polish his head as well?"
What is: Exact, perfect, careful to make no mistakes
400
Name 5 sequence transition words.
What are first, second, last, then, before, after, during, currently, when, through, until, presently, finally, gradually, in the future, later, soon, recently, now, suddenly, following.
400
Give 3 examples of figurative language and their definition.
What is simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, repetition, tone
400
What is the main idea of the following paragraph: My Spring Break was fantastic! I saw several movies at the beginning of the week. On Friday, I went to New York City! I was also able to see my family! It was a great vacation.
What is: What they did over Spring Break.
500
Which  step to the Writing Process that you CAN use on the test
What are: Brainstorming/ Planning 
500
Identify the use of figurative language: "Life is like a box of chocolates." (a) personification (b) metaphor (c) repetition (d) tone
What is B - metaphor A SIMILE IS A TYPE OF METAPHOR!
500
Define inference and explain how it is different than drawing a conclusion.
What is An inference is a guess that you make about what is going to happen in the story using the details given and drawing a conclusion is when you make a decision based on one or more inferences and details
500
What is theme?
The central message or lesson learned in the text
500
What happens if you leave any answer blank on the ELA.
What is - it will always be marked wrong - so TRY IT OUT NO MATTER WHAT - ESPECIALLY THE WRITING!