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Literary Terms
Reading Strategies
Benchmarks
The Extras
Test-taking Strategies
100
A figure of speech which compares two things with the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
Writing the the key terms from the question on the side of the passage.
What is mariginal notes?
100
This benchmark will ask you to draw similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
100
This a problem in a story.
what is conflict?
100
This means eliminating the choices you know are wrong.
What is process of elimination?
200
Repeated consonant sounds occuring at the beginning of words or within words.
What is alliteration?
200
Looking at the hints in a sentence or paragraph to define unknown words or phrases.
What are context clues?
200
This benchmark will ask you to determine what the whole passage is about.
What is main idea?
200
This element identifies where a story takes place.
What is setting?
200
features that will aid your comprehension of the text
what are text features?
300
A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, object, or an idea.
What is personification?
300
You can answer inference questions by combining these two things
What are facts from the text and your background knowledge?
300
Three examples of the author's purpose.
What is entertain, inform and persuade?
300
Language that is creative in description and not meant to be taken literally.
What is figurative language?
300
This will cause you to ALWAYS, 100% of the time, get the question wrong.
What is leaving a question blank?
400
Making reference to someone or something significant in history, art, etc.
What is allusion?
400
This main idea can be found right in the passage.
Where is a directly stated main idea?
400
Chronological order/sequence, cause and effect, problem/solution and compare and contrast are all examples of
what is text structure?
400
the hero in a story
What is protagonist?
400
This will happen to you if you don't follow the testing rules.
What is test invalidation?
500
words that also imitate a sound
What is onomateopia?
500
These are 4 search and destroy/FCAT strategies you have learned in class.
What is read chunking, previewing the text, reviewing questions and taking marginal notes.?
500
This benchmark will ask you to understand the reasons WHY something happens and the RESULTS.
What is cause and effect?
500
hints to suggest what will happen next in a story
what is foreshadowing?
500
Three important things to remember in order to prepare for a test.
What is reviewing notes/studying, getting a good nights rest and eating breakfast in the morning?