Figurative Language
Literary Elements
Testing Strategies
Text Structures
Rhetoric
100

When an author gives nonhuman objects humanlike qualities

Personfication

100

The overall message, central idea, or deeper meaning in a text all mean.

Theme

100

Crossing out answers that do not make sense is called

the process of elimination

100

Explains why something happens (the cause) and the result of it happening (the effect).

Cause and Effect

100

Appeal to credibility

Ethos

200

Comparison between 2 different things using like or as

Simile

200

the creation or construction of a fictional character.

Characterization

200

What can you do if you don't understand a vocab word that is on your test

re-read the text around the word and try to find out what it means (context clues)

200

how the similarities (compare) and differences (contrast) between two things.

Compare and Contrast

200

Appeal to emotion

Pathos

300

when an author exaggerates a phrase/description

Hyperbole

300

the author's or narrator's attitude toward the subject, characters, or audience, conveyed through word choice, sentence structure, and narrative style

Tone

300

what we can do to check out answers

find evidence in the passage

300

presents a problem or obstacle and then offers one or more ways to resolve it

Problem/Solution

300

You ask your parents for a raise in your allowance. You create a simple spreadsheet showing how much prices have increased for things you need (like school lunch or movie tickets) and prove that your current allowance is too low based on the numbers.

Logos

400

An author's description and use of language that creates a visual or “mental picture” in your mind

Imagery

400

the emotional atmosphere or feeling that the author creates to evoke a response from the reader

Mood

400

What you can do if you don't understand a question that is on your test

Read it multiple times & annotate for words & phrases that make sense to u

400

starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred.

Chronological

400

You want a new puppy. To convince your parents, you write a note describing how lonely the house is without a dog, how much you would love and care for it, and include a picture of the saddest-looking puppy at the shelter.

Pathos

500

A brief reference to a person, place, event, or piece of literature that the author assumes the reader will recognize and understand.

Allusion

500

when a person says something or does something that is different from what they are expected to say or do

Irony

500

Properly annotating the text means...

Underline & highlight key details. Make notes that help you "get" the text

500

provides details to help the reader visualize or understand something.

Descriptive

500

Your history teacher, Mr.A (who has been teaching for 20 years and wrote the state history textbook), tells your class that the best way to study for the final exam is to use flashcards.

Ethos