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Literary Terms
Test-Taking Terms
Test-Taking Strategies
Extended /
Short Response
100
The 44th President of the United States 
What is President Obama 
100
the problem or struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
100
To find the similarities between two things is to compare; to find the differences between two things is called THIS
What is contrast?
100
You receive this much credit for blank answers.
What is zero points? NEVER LEAVE A QUESTION BLANK!
100
Your short response answers should include this many details from the text.
What is 2 exact quotes 
200
Her album came out last week and she revealed that she is pregnant on SNL. 
What is Cardi B 
200
The turning point in a story; usually the point with the most tension
What is the climax?
200
This is the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
What is fiction is fake and nonfiction is real?
200

What is one way to stop your mind from wandering during reading?


What is visualize the reading, make connections to it, re-read for meaning,

200
You should always use what strategy to answer short response questions. 
What is RACE
300
Which day are you expected to write on the state test? 
What is Wednesday and Thursday or Day 1 and Day 2 
300
The overall feeling of a text is called this
What is the mood?
300
The qualities that make up a character's personality, including how he or she thinks, acts, feels, and behaves
What are character traits?
300
If you're unsure of an answer about a reading passage, you should ALWAYS do this.
What is LOOK BACK IN THE TEXT!
300
This is the first step one should take when they come to an extended response. 
What is reading the question first to find out the purpose for reading
400
Beyonce and Jay-Z are going on tour. What is the name of the tour?
What is on the run tour 2
400
Metaphors, Hyperbole, Personification, Idioms are examples of what literary term 
What is Figurative Language 
400
The three main purposes authors have for writing are THESE. (Hint: The first letters of each word spell out PIE)
What is to persuade, inform and entertain 
400
If you're stuck on a question and it's taking a long time to answer it, you should do this.
What is mark it, move on with the test, and return to it after you finish the rest of the test?
400
Each body paragraph is complete when it includes (Answer must be very detailed)
What is restate, answer, cite, cite, and explanation 
500
This team are the 2018 champions of the NCAA March Madness tournament 
What is Villanova
500
An author's attitude or feelings toward the subject he or she is writing about is called this. (Ex. admiring, critical, positive, negative, etc.)
What is tone?
500
If you are asked to arrange something in chronological order, it means THIS.
What is time order? or Sequence 
500

What should you do when you come to a word you don't know in a text?



What is read the words around it and use context clues to try to understand it. 

You can also skip the word to see if you can still understand the text. 


500
The bullet points in an extended response is important because they help with what part of the extended response. 
What are body paragraphs