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Poetry Terms
Literary Terms
Test-Taking Terms
Test-Taking Strategies
Short Response and Essay Writing
100
SPLASH! is an example of this poetry term when the sound of the word echoes the sound it represents.
What is onomatopoeia?
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 2-3?

200
"Withering Willow" is an example of this poetry term where the beginning consonant sounds of the words are repeated in a phrase or sentence
What is alliteration?
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

Use this process to remove multiple choice answers that are incorrect in order to narrow the number of items

What is the process of elimination?

200

When answering a short response question you must include?

What are a claim and details from the text?

300
"Her hair is silk" is an example of this poetry term.
What is metaphor?
300

The message or lesson the author teaches their readers. 

What is the theme?

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

These three things belong in the introduction of an essay.

What are the title of both text, the author's of both text, and a claim?

400
"I'm so hungry I could eat a whole cow" is an example of this poetry term.
What is hyperbole?
400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!

In your own words define plot.

What is the sequence of events or the events that take place in a story. 

400

The three main purposes authors have for writing are THESE. (Hint: The first letters of each word spell out PIE)

What are to persuade, to inform, and to 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

In this part of the essay, you should include plenty of text details and explain how those details support the point you're trying to make.

What are the body paragraphs?

500
Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses
What is imagery?
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?

500

Use THESE to help you figure out the meaning of any unfamiliar words in a text.

What are context clues?

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!

Your essay will be graded by the state on content and purpose, organization, conventions, and THIS very important category.

What is "command of evidence"?