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Vocab Definitions
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Strategies
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Assonance
What is in poetry, the repetition of a sound or vowel.
100
I have told you a million times!
What is hyperbole
100
Something that prevents from succeeding.
What is foil.
100
Scary Movie, Not Another Teen Movie
What is parody
100
Doing this helps you focus your attention and direct you to the parts of the reading passage that are most important for you to understand
What is reading the question first
200
Couplet
What is 2 lines of verse joined by a rhyme.
200
A noiseless patient spider, I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated, Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding, It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself, Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them (Type of Poetry)
What is free verse
200
Formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named.
What is onomatopoeia.
200
The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live
What is satire
200
In order to be correct, the entire answer has to be __________.
What is True/Correct
300
Denoument
What is the final part of a movie or narrative where the plot points are connected. (The Big Reveal)
300
A chip on your shoulder A bee in your bonnet
What is an idiom
300
Language in its ordinary form
What is prose
300
Once upon a time, there were three bears. There was a Daddy Bear, who was very big, a Mama Bear, who was middle-sized, and a Baby Bear, who was very small. They all lived together in a little cottage in the middle of the woods. Their favorite breakfast was porridge. One morning, after they made their porridge, Daddy Bear said, ‘Let’s go for walk in the woods until it cools.’ Mama Bear and Baby Bear liked the idea, so off they went. While they were away, a little girl named Goldilocks came walking through the forest and smelled the porridge…
What is exposition
300
For main idea questions, always reread the ___________ (2 answers)
What is first and last sentences. Also, see how often the topic is discussed in the readings.
400
Archetype
What is a typical character, situation, or action that represents human nature.
400
Jumbo Shrimp Seriously Funny
What is oxymoron
400
An overused phrase
What is a cliche
400
Simba defeats Scar and becomes the Lion King Ariel keeps her legs and marries the Prince The Darling children are returned home and Peter returns to Neverland
What is denoument
400
What type of question do these tips help you answer? The sentence that the word is in The sentence right before The sentence right after
What are vocabulary questions (context clues)
500
Soliloquy
What is an act pf speaking one's thoughts aloud when by one's self.
500
Today, when I was driving home, there was a baby bear in the road. I felt a fleeting panic as I wondered what to do. Finally, I honked my horn and flashed my lights. Thankfully, it took off tearing towards the woods.
What is anecdote.
500
Expressed in terms intending to persuade or impress
What is rehetorical
500
The Tortoise and the Hare The Ant and the Grasshopper Animal Farm
What is allegory
500
If a question says •"According to the passage, we can reasonably infer..." •"Based on the passage, it could be suggested that..." •"Which of the following statements is best supported by the passage?" •"The passage suggests that this primary problem..." You are being asked to what?
What is an infer