Research Sim. Task
A piece of information that is used to support a claim.
What is evidence?
When and where a story takes place.
What is setting?
A comparison that does not use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
A tool that allows you to keep track of important information in a text by covering it in color.
What is a highlighter?
A strategy that involves marking up a text with notes, questions, highlights, etc. to keep track of important details.
What is annotation?
A statement that clearly states the purpose of the essay or the author's claim for the audience.
What is a thesis statement?
The point in a story where the character understands how to resolve the conflict. The turning point of a story.
What is the climax?
A type of metaphor that is used when the author wishes to give an inanimate object human characteristics.
What is personification?
A tool used to cross out answers to multiple choice questions.
What is a red slash or red "X"?
This is a strategy that is used when you want to narrow down answers to a multiple choice question.
What is the process of elimination?
A paragraph that is used to explain a subpoint of a larger argument or claim. Evidence is typically found in these paragraphs.
What is a body paragraph?
Characters speaking to one another. Is used to reveal characters' feelings or reveal relationships between characters.
What is dialogue?
In Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, this object was a symbol for absolute power.
What is Zeus's lightning bolt?
A type or organizer that helps writers visualize how to organize the contents of their paper.
What is an outline?
A strategy used to help the reader define new vocabulary in a text by using details that surround it.
What are context clues?
An explanation of evidence or ideas already stated in a paragraph that is used to clarify why information is important.
What is reasoning?
The author's feelings about a subject or situation, usually communicated through dialogue, description, or characters' reactions to events.
What is tone?
A narrative technique that is used when the author wishes to slow down or speed up the flow of the story for dramatic effect.
What is pacing?
A tool (found at the bottom of a text) that contains higher-level vocabulary that may need to be defined for the reader.
What is a glossary?
A strategy used to brush up on material learned in class. Usually used at home.
What is studying?
This part of an argumentative essay is used when we highlight and refute (or prove wrong) an opposing claim.
What is a counterargument?
The part of the story where tension is building. This is where the character will encounter new obstacles that they must overcome.
What is rising action?
A key word in a question that requires the test taker to make connections between ideas in a text.
What is contribute?
What is a teacher?
If stuck on a difficult question, a teacher or proctor may tell give you this advice.
What is "move on to the next one" or "come back to it later"?