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You should use this strategy with any multiple choice questions.
What is process of elimination?
100
This is the most intense moment of a plot.
What is the climax?
100
Writers use this to grab the reader's attention.
What is a hook?
100

Give an example of a simile.

What is...?

100

"His words were a dagger stabbing at my heart." What literary device is used here?

What is a metaphor?

200

You should use this strategy for vocabulary multiple choice questions.

What is "plug in and substitute": plug words into the sentence to see if they make sense.

200
The character who opposes the hero and/or creates the conflict.
What is the antagonist?
200
Do NOT use this particular point of view UNLESS you are being asked your opinion.
What is first person point of view ("I," "me," etc.)
200

Define and give an example of personification.

What is giving human qualities to something without human qualities?

200

The jury deliberated for several hours over the verdict. What does deliberated mean?

What is to engage in long and careful conversation?

300
You should ALWAYS do this before turning in your test.
What is checking your work?
300
This is a conversational passage in a narrative or play used to advance the plot or develop the characters.
What is dialogue?
300
You should always do this before beginning a writing piece.
What is prewriting, planning, organizing, outlining etc.
300

Give an example of a metaphor.

What is ... ?

300
She vehemently denied cheating on the test. What does vehemently mean?
What is forceful, passionate, intense?
400

In order to receive a 8 on an essay, you must: (You must name at least three of them.)

What is fully answer answer the question, stay organized, use text evidence, quote text with quotations marks and citation, be specific, use punctuation and capitalization?

400
Define the difference between a static and a dynamic character.
What is a static character stays the same throughout a story, whereas a dynamic character changes?
400

You should always do these two things with a quotation.

What is use quotation marks to close in the quote and cite properly?

400
Define and give an example of symbolism.
What is a literary device that is something in itself, and it also suggests something deeper?
400

Name the difference between a simile and a metaphor.

What is a simile uses the words like or as?

500

Don't forget to read these! (There are three; you must name at least two.)

What is the introduction to a text (background info), headings, captions under illustrations, and any other textual features?

500
Name the four types of conflict.
What is human vs. self, human, nature or outside force, and society.
500

This is the statement that addresses the main focus you want to emphasize in your paper.

What is the claim?

500

Define and give an example of onomatopoeia.

What is WOW, POW, BANG, HISS, etc.?

500
I will not succumb to peer pressure. What does succumb mean?
What is to fail to resist or surrender?