The word for all the events that occur in a story; includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is plot?
100
"The traffic was a snake winding down the highway" is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is metaphor?
100
These are the first two things you should do when you see an EOG passage.
What is highlight and read the title, subheadings, and any pictures, and make a prediction about the passage?
100
These are two strategies for answering "word meaning" questions.
What are:
1. replace the word with a word you know that makes sense
2. break the word down into pieces that you know or seem familiar
3. use context clues around the word to determine the meaning
100
A group of lines in a poem is called a _____________.
What is a stanza?
200
Words in a passage or poem that activate your five senses.
What is imagery?
200
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is idiom?
200
As you read each passage, these two things will help you read carefully and remember what you read.
What are highlighting and writing in the margins?
200
The three main reasons why authors write stories.
What are persuade, inform, entertain?
200
The time, place, and duration of a story is called this.
What is setting?
300
The main thing the author is saying about the topic.
What is central idea?
300
This type of figurative language is used when an author is exaggerating to make a point.
What is hyperbole?
300
After you read the passage, you should do this at the end.
What is write a short summary?
300
When you are stuck on a question, you should go back in the passage and look for ______________ in the text.
What is evidence?
300
A question asking "What was the character's motivation for going on the trip?" is asking what? (Put it in other words).
What is what were the character's REASONS for going?
400
This is an educated guess based on evidence from the text.
What is an inference?
400
The meaning of "The boy took off like a rocketship."
What is "the boy moved very fast?"
400
The three steps to answering multiple choice questions.
What are:
1. slashing the trash
2. identifying/labeling the distractor
3. circling and bubbling the correct answer
400
This sentence is arranged using ____________ and ____________: "As a result of the very wet weather, the field was soaked and we couldn't play the game."
What is cause and effect?
400
This occurs when the author gives clues about what might happen later on in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
500
The main message or lesson from a passage.
What is theme?
500
"The frisbee danced off his fingers as he reached for the long throw" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
500
You can do this when you feel like you need a break during the EOG.
What is take a break or go to the bathroom?
500
This is a character trait you could use to describe a person who decided to stay home from his best friend's birthday party to care for his little sister.
What is kind, generous, giving, etc.?
500
Another word that could go in place of "reveal":
"What does this sentence REVEAL about the character?"