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Hodgepodge
Reading Analysis
Elements of Literature
Figurative Language
Taking the Test
100
This root word means "time".
What is "chron"?
100
When you don't know what a word means, read the sentence around it to figure it out.
What is using context clues?
100
The "where and when" of a story.
What is setting?
100
Dead as a donut
What is simile?
100
Once the proctor says, "You may open your booklet and begin", you do this.
What is read the questions first?
200
Before you write a five paragraph essay, you should do this.
What is plan?
200
This question asks you to look at similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
200
Types of this include first person, third person limited, and third person omnipresent.
What is point of view?
200
A smile like the sun
What is simile?
200
Do this while you are reading the passage
What is underline and/or take notes?
300
You should do these two things to make sure you answer correctly.
What is read the entire question and all the answers?
300
This is the point an author is making about a passage.
What is main idea?
300
This is the overall main message of a passage.
What is theme?
300
Boom! Bang! Kapow!
What is onomatopoeia?
300
This is the only way you are guaranteed to get an answer wrong.
What is skip it?
400
This root word means "write".
What is "graph"?
400
This question asks you to think about WHY something happened and what happened BECAUSE of it.
What is cause and effect?
400
This is the overall feeling of a passage.
What is mood?
400
The ocean waves screamed at me as they crashed on the shore.
What is personification?
400
After you have read the passage and get back to the questions, you do this.
What is process of elimination/cross out the losers?
500
To persuade, to explain, or to inform.
What is author's purpose?
500
This is when the answer is not obvious and you have to "fill in the blanks" and figure it out on your own.
What is making inferences?
500
This is the speaker's attitude in a passage.
What is tone?
500
Funky feline friends flee from funny foxes.
What is alliteration?
500
After you use process of elimination (cross out the losers), you should do this.
What is make an educated guess/use details from the passage to answer.