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Grammar
Figurative Language
Test Taking Strategies
Test Taking Vocabulary
Text Based Writing
100
Identify the verb in the following statement:

The narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" commits an irrational crime.

What is commits?

100
Name the figurative language technique used:

Her eyes were as dark as a midnight summer sky.

What is simile?
100
This strategy refers to getting rid of incorrect answers first.
What is process of elimination?
100
This word means to put things in a specific order.
What is sequence?
100
The first sentence of your essay should do this.
What is TTQA?

What is Turn the Question Around?

200
Identify the preposition in the following sentence.


She hid the present under the tree.

What is under?
200
Name the figurative technique used in the following statement:

I can't stay after school because I have a million things to do!

What is hyperbole?
200
This strategy refers to narrowing down multiple choice answers to only two possible correct choices.
What is the 50/50?
200
This word means to draw a reasonable conclusion based on evidence.
What is infer?
200
After reading the prompt, you should reread and do this with the text.
What is find / highlight / underline evidence from the text?
300
Identify the adverb in the following sentence.


Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream.

What is gently?
300
Identify the literary device used in the following statement.

The fog crept in on tiny cat feet.

What is personification?
300
This is a rhyming reminder to answer every single question on the test.
What is 

"Blanks? No Thanks!"

300
This word refers to the central idea or message in a piece of writing.
What is theme?
300
Most text based responses will be this many paragraphs long.
What is four paragraphs?
400
Identify the simple subject in the following sentence:


The opposing team played extremely well in Saturday's basketball game.

What is team?
400
What figurative language technique is used in the following statement?


Fred's friends fried Fritos on Friday.

What is alliteration?
400
You should always do this carefully before submitting a final copy of a written response to be sure it is free of errors.
What is proofread?

What is revise and edit?


400
If you are being asked to judge the pros and cons of something, then make a judgment, you are being asked to do this.
What is evaluate?
400
Each of your body paragraphs should begin with this.
What is a topic sentence?

What is a topic sentence that includes a TTQA?

500
Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence:


Greg worried about his math grades.

What is worried?
500
Name the following type of figurative language.

After not doing her homework for many days, it was finally time to pay the piper.

What is an idiom?
500
You should ALWAYS do this, even if you feel certain of the correct answer.
What is look back at the text?

What is double check the text to locate the answer?

500
If you are asked to prove why something is right, just, or correct, you are being asked to do this.
What is justify?
500
Be sure to take textual evidence from the ___________, _____________, and _____________ of the passage.
What is beginning, middle, and end?