Multiple Choice Strategies
Outline Must-Haves
Scratch Paper
Practice Questions/Prompts
Literary Devices
100

The first step in the multiple choice checklist is...

Read the question

100

First thing that should be written on narrative outlines...

Characters

100

First thing written on scratch paper is...

Multiple choice checklist

100

The following prompt asks you to do what?

You have read two texts about people who make pottery. Think about how the narrator in the passage from A Single Shard and the speaker in “Turn, Turn, My Wheel” respond to the potters in each text. Write an essay that compares and contrasts how the narrator and the speaker view the potters in the passage and in the poem. Use details from both passages to support your claim.

Write an essay, compare and contrast, use details from both texts.

100

This literary device shows exaggeration or unrealistic comparisons

Hyperbole

200

The tool on the online test that used to complete the second step in the checklist is...

The highlighter tool

200

First section of an essay outline is...

Introduction

200

Before gisting any information, this is written on your scratch paper

Title of the text

200

The following prompt asks you to say what?

You have read two texts about people who make pottery. Think about how the narrator in the passage from A Single Shard and the speaker in “Turn, Turn, My Wheel” respond to the potters in each text. Write an essay that compares and contrasts how the narrator and the speaker view the potters in the passage and in the poem. Use details from both passages to support your claim.

Compare and contrast how the narrator and speaker view the potters in the passage.

200

The literary device in the following sentence is...

"My two-year-old cousin was as bouncy as a bunny when she got outside."

 Simile

300

The final step in the checklist uses this tool...

The cross-out tool

300

The body paragraph section of an outline includes...

The claim, evidence 1, and evidence 2

300

True or false: It's important to write in complete sentences on scratch paper

False: Avoid writing full sentences on scratch paper to save time.

300

The words that should be highlighted in the following question are...

What is the meaning of sensor as it is used in paragraph 9 of the article?

meaning, sensor, paragraph 9

300

The literary device used in the following sentence is...

"Wow, it's raining cats and dogs out there!"

Idiom

400

Places to complete the restate part of your checklist (two answers)

In your brain/ on a sticky note

400

The best number of events to include in a narrative outline is...

10 events - 3 in the beginning, 4 in the middle, 3 at the end

400

Narrative Gists need what three things

Characters, Setting, Main Events

400

The proper way to restate the following question is...

Which detail from the passage “The Zoos Go Wild” supports the idea that Willie changed after being moved into his new home?

The detail from the passage “The Zoos Go Wild” that supports the idea that Willie changed after being moved into his new home is...

400

The literary device used in the following sentence is...

The trees danced in the wind

Personification

500

Name all four steps in the multiple choice checklist

Read, Highlight, Restate, Eliminate

500

An essay prompt with 3 texts, should have these sections for the outline...

Intro, Body Paragraph 1, Body Paragraph 2, Body Paragraph 3, and Conclusion

500

What does the following prompt ask you to say and do?

Imagine Alice has returned from her journey down the rabbit hole and is retelling the events to her sister. Write a story from Alice’s point of view, in which Alice explains what happened to her after she reached the bottom of the rabbit hole. Be sure to use dialogue to show how Alice’s sister responds to the story. Use details from the passage in your response.

Say: What happened at the bottom of the rabbit hole and Alice's sister's response.

Do: Write a story from Alice's POV, use dialogue, use details from the passage. 

500

The literary device in the following sentence is... 

"Life is a rollercoaster, full of ups and downs."

Metaphor