Test Vocab
What does contribute mean?
Add to
When you answer multiple choice questions, what strategies should you use?
What is theme?
The moral, message or lesson of a story
What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
a figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using like or as "Their cheeks were roses" is a metaphor while "their cheeks were like roses" is a simile.
How something is made or
the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something
What should you do if you need to continue a writing response on another page?
Label where you continued to write so the person grading the test knows that you have continued.
What is point of view?
a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.
The persons perspective in which a story is being told from
1st , 2nd, third
What type of car does John's mother drive ?
The type of car that John's mother drives is
What is Onomatopoeia ?
What are some elements of the poem, we look at to determine the structure?
Repetition
Rhythm
word use
stanzas
rhyme
What should you do the night before the big test?
Get a good nights sleep
What is figurative language?
Figurative language uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful. Figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, and allusions
Figurative language is when you describe something by comparing it to something else
Why is it important to include details from the text when answering a question?
Details help to prove/support your claim
What is an example of a simile?
Professor's discretion
What does convey mean?
What does line 6 convey about the authors feelings toward the topic?
To show
What should you do the morning of the big test?
Have a nutritious breakfast.
The main idea, also called the central idea or main point, is the primary concept of a passage
What comes after your second detail when completing a RADDC response ?
An explanation of the detail
What is personification?
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
What does develop mean?
How does the author develop the main character's point of view?
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH LINE IS NUMBER 15 IF NUMBER 15 IS NOT LABELED?
What does it mean to make an inference?
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning and background knowledge
How do you introduce a quote using RADDC?
What is hyberole?
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.