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Figurative Language
Fiction Terms
Non-Fiction Terms
Random Lit. Questions
Testing
100
a comparison between two unlike things that does no use the terms like or as
What is metaphor?
100
the time, place and location of a fictional text
What is setting?
100
who or what the passage is about 
What is the topic?
100
time order
What is chronological?
100
When I don't know an answer on a test, what can I do?
What is reread the text, eliminate answers or flag it for review and come back to it later?
200
a comparison between two unlike things that does use the word like or as
What is a simile?
200
the attitude or feeling the writer expresses in a given portion of text
What is tone?
200
the topic plus the point the author is trying to make about the topic
What is main idea?
200
the way a character views the world
What is point of view/perspective?
200
one thing you can do the night before to be ready for the test
What is eat a good dinner and get plenty of sleep?
300
language that means exactly what it says (the opposite of figurative language)
What is literal language?
300
the main problem of a story
What is central conflict?
300
the way a piece of writing is organized
What is the text structure?
300
details that directly support the author's central idea as known as _________________ details
What is supporting?
300
I can do this before reading the passages or listening to the podcast.
What is read the questions?
400
a comparison between two unlike things that give human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
400
the message or lesson the author of literary text wants the reader to learn
What is theme?
400
things that an author adds to the text to help the reader better understand the passage
What are text features?
400
used to propel action and reveal character in a story
What is dialogue?
400
electronic devices (cell phones, ipods, mp3s, hand held video games, calculators)
What is not permitted in the classroom on testing day?
500
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
the main point about the topic the author is trying to get across in a text
What is central idea?
500
the way an author feels about or sees a topic
What is author's point of view?
500
In prose, authors split their texts into __________________, but in poetry, authors split their texts into ______________.
What are paragraphs and stanzas?
500
looking for key words, taking notes, reading directions, questions, passages and answer choices carefully
What is what you should be doing throughout the test?