Plot Elements
Parts of Speech
Figurative Language
Test Taking Strategies
Vocabulary
100
Where the story takes place
What is setting
100
Person, place, thing, or idea
What is noun
100
She was as pretty as a rose.
What is simile
100
Eliminate answers you know are wrong.
What is process of elimination
100
Selection
What is a passage or a text
200
A person, place, or thing with a role in the story
What is character
200
Word that shows action or being
What is a verb
200
The rain danced off the pavement
What is personification
200
Breaking down texts into smaller pieces, or chunks, that show the important details.
What is chunking
200
summary
What are the main details, free from opinions
300
The problem or issue in the story.
What is Conflict
300
word that describes a noun
What is adjective
300
He has a heart of gold.
What is metaphor
300
Talking to the text - writing down key details, circling, underlining, writing comments
What is annotating
300
What the text is mostly about
What is main idea
400
The way a plot is solved, or ends
What is resolution
400
Word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
What is an adverb
400
We waited in line forever!
What is hyperbole.
400
When you should read the questions.
What is first
400
This term means "not" or "not included"
What is except.
500
The moment of greatest excitement, suspense, or surprise in a story.
What is climax
500
A word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence (she, it, we, they)
What is a pronoun
500
The bear walked through the forest.
What is none. This is not an example of figurative language.
500
It is critical that you don't get upset or frustrated, just take a deep breath, know that you can do it, and...
What is relax
500
The results or consequences of something.
What is impact