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Vocab Definitions
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Test Strategies
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Assonance
What is in poetry, the repetition of a sound or vowel.
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I have told you a million times!
What is hyperbole
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Something that prevents from succeeding.
What is foil.
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Scary Movie, Not Another Teen Movie (literary term)
What is parody
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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
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Couplet
What is 2 lines of verse joined by a rhyme.
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I too am like the caged bird. Locked in a space - unable to move; unable to breathe.
What is symbolism.
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Formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named.
What is onomatopoeia.
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The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live (literary term)
What is satire
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True/False: In order to be correct, the entire answer has to be
What is True/Correct
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Resolution (reflect back to the stages of plot)
What is the final part of a movie or narrative where the plot points are connected. (The Big Reveal)
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An unexpected outcome or result of a situation.
What is situational irony.
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Language that uses or accesses the five senses.
What is sensory language
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Those that say the Holocaust was not important is "stating it too weakly." Select the synonym that could replace "stating it took weakly." A. overstatement B. exaggeration C. understatement D. none of these
What is C. understatement.
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For informational text, after reviewing the questions you should always reread the
What is... First & last paragraphs (First 2 or Last 2 paragraphs) First & last sentence of each paragraph.
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Archetype
What is a typical character, situation, or action that represents human nature.
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Jumbo Shrimp Seriously Funny
What is an oxymoron?
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An overused phrase
What is a cliche
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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 the resolution of a story.
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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)(determine word meaning)
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Soliloquy
What is an act pf speaking one's thoughts aloud when by one's self.
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Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky. Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith for ever. Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never
What is repetition
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When I pose question but don't desire the answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
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As readers we use this to determine the motives and character traits in stories we read.
What is S.T.E.A.L. or characterization.
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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 inference?