Test Taking Strategies
_____________________ is the best way to not leave anything blank.
What is answering all the questions?
The logical sequence of events that make up a story
What is the plot?
The major turning point of the story
What is the climax?
They fought like cats and dogs
What is a simile OR idiom?
What corrections if any need to be made in the following sentence:
At age 19, Victoria packed up and left her childhood home in Houston
What is a period at the end of the sentence?
What is looking back in the text?
A person who tells the story
Who is the narrator?
The end of a story when all conflicts have been resolved
I've told you a million times not to be late!
What is a hyperbole?
What corrections if any need to be made in the following sentence:
jane austen became best know for Pride and Prejudice.
What is capitalize the "J" and "A" and change "know" to "known"?
The use of a tool to understand a new or difficult word
What is using the dictionary?
The main character of a story, novel, or play?
Who is the protagonist?
What is falling action?
While waiting for the STAAR results, my heart pounded like a set of drums.
What is a simile?
What corrections if any need to be made in the following sentence:
That's my favorite book I don't like the sequel.
What is add a comma and a "but" after book OR add a semicolon between "book" and "I"?
Adding notes to a reading in order to simplify or understand it in your own words
What is annotating?
A person, animal, creature, or thing in a story
Who are the characters?
The climax of Lord of the Flies
What is when Simon is killed?
The sun greeted me with blistering heat
What is personification?
What corrections if any need to be made in the following sentence:
Weather he is dangle from a balloon or searching for honey, Winnie The Pooh is a favorite character of young reeders.
What is change Weather to Whether, change dangle to dangling, and change reeders to readers.
4 P's
What is purpose, preview, prior knowledge, and predict?
The lesson a story has relating to life
What is moral?
The exposition of Harrison Bergeron
What is Harrison's father remembering his son was taken away?
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles/ and my daddy said stay away from Juliet
What is an allusion?
What corrections if any need to be made in the following sentence:
No, I don't think it's a good idea to start your essay the day before it's due.
What is no change?