Test Taking Strategies
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True or False:You should read the questions BEFORE reading the passage?
Missouri, Aunt Kim, John Deere, and Pepsi are examples of this (as opposed to state, aunt, tractor, and soda).
What is a Proper Noun?
A figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.
What is Personification?
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
a. Because night fell.
b. Jim ate the sandwich.
c. On a tree-lined path.
d. In our neck of the woods.
To tell the actors what to do when.
You should not read the revising and editing passages.
Novel, Short story, poetry, drama, nonfiction . . . or . . . fantasy, reality, mystery, romance, science fiction--for example.
What is Genre?
The following are all representative of what: Inform, Entertain, persuade, tell a story, or express an opinion.
What is Author's Purpose (an author's intent in writing a literary work)?
The following sentence pair can be revised into one better sentence. Choose the sentence that is the best revision.
The bicycle tire is flat. The bicycle tire is on the bike.
a. The bicycle tire is on the bike and the bicycle
tire is flat.
b. The flat bicycle tire is on the bike.
c. On the bike, the bicycle tire there is flat.
d. The bicycle tire on the bike is flat.
The story is told by one of the characters--referred to as "I."
What is First Person or First-Person Point of View?
What is Ms. Williams' first name?
Hannah
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What is the climax of a plot?
The most exciting part where everything comes to a head
A sequence of events in a narrative work.
What is Plot?
6. Which of the following sentences does NOT use informal language?
a. Everybody said his new car was a “sweet
ride.”
b. Susanne totally couldn’t believe that she had won the lottery.
c. The letter arrived in the morning, and he opened it immediately.
d. I always feel cooped up in my cubicle at work.
This narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts of only one character but refers to that character as "he" or "she"
What is Third-Person Point of View or specifically, Limited Third-Person?
I went to the store late last night and I bought milk, cereal, and eggs.
What is the theme of a story?
The message or lesson
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Identify the sentence that uses capitalization
correctly.
a. On Friday, it was Chinese New Year, so we went to Yien’s restaurant to celebrate.
b. On friday, it was Chinese new year, so we went to Yien’s Restaurant to celebrate.
c. On Friday, it was Chinese New Year, so we went to Yien’s Restaurant to celebrate.
d. On Friday, it was Chinese new year, so we went to Yien’s restaurant to celebrate.
Written conversations between characters in a literary work.
What are the two types of character traits/motivations?
Internal & external
What are the 3 types of connections you can make?
Text to self, text to text, text to world
Which of the following sentences is punctuated
correctly?
a. When Yoshiro saw the beautiful cabin; by the lake, he was happy too.
b. When Yoshiro saw the beautiful, cabin by the lake he was happy, too.
c. When Yoshiro saw the beautiful cabin, by the lake, he was happy, too.
d. When Yoshiro saw the beautiful cabin by the lake, he was happy, too.
The relationship of the narrator or storyteller to the story.