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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
having no feeling or personal opinion included (i.e. an ______ summary)
What is objective?
100
time order
What is chronological?
100
When I don't know an answer, what can I do?
What is eliminate the answers I know are incorrect, flag it for review and answer it later, or take an educated guess?
200
a comparison between two unlike things that does use the word like or as
What is a simile?
200
the attitude the writer expresses in a given portion of text
What is tone?
200

Writing used to persuade the reader

Argumentative writing

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 opposite of the author's claim
What is counterclaim?
300

specific details in a text that directly support your answer.

What is text evidence?

300
I should do this before reading the passages or listening to the podcast.
What is read the questions?
400

giving human qualities to non-human things

What is personification?

400

the message about life or lesson about the world revealed within a text

What is theme?

400
the reason an author wrote a text or what they hope to accomplish with the text
What is purpose?
400

conversation in a text that is used to propel action and reveal character in a story

What is dialogue?

400

What is not permitted in the classroom on testing day?

Electronic devices of any kind! 

500
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
the main point the author is trying to get across in a text
What is central idea?
500

the way an author organizes information in a text

What is structure?

500
In prose, authors split their texts into __________________, but in poetry, authors split their texts into ______________.
What are paragraphs and stanzas?
500

What are thing you should you be doing throughout the test?

looking for key words, taking notes, reading directions, questions, passages and answer choices carefully