Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction
In the directions, the NYS test directions says read this story which would be
What is fiction?
The problem or struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
To find the similarities between two things is to compare; to find the differences between two things is called THIS
What is contrast?
You receive this much credit for blank answers.
What is zero points? NEVER LEAVE A QUESTION BLANK!
Your short response answers should include this many details from the text.
What is 2-3?
When reading a fiction story, the characters' actions, feelings and problem-solution, can help us determine the
What is theme?
A summary of a story includes
What is the most important details only?
This is the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
What is fiction is fake and nonfiction is real?
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?
You should always use RADD to answer short response questions. The letters in RADD stand for these four words.
What are Restate, Answer, Detail, Detail?
"Her hair is silk" is an example of this poetry term.
What is metaphor?
Two text-structures that we have studied
What is any of these two: cause-effect, problem-solution, chronology or time, compare-contrast?
The qualities that make up a character's personality, including how he or she thinks, acts, feels, and behaves
What are character traits?
If you're unsure of an answer about a reading passage, you should ALWAYS do this.
What is LOOK BACK IN THE TEXT!
These two things belong in the introduction of an essay.
What are the names of both articles of the text and an answer to the question.
To help understand a story more, you should focus on the _________ and details of the place
What is setting?
When an answer is not literally in the text, but a reader must _______ to find the answer
What is infer?
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?
When a question mentions a specific paragraph in the text, you should
What is go back to that paragraph and read it again?
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?
Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses
What is imagery?
The author's overall message or life lesson
What is theme?
If you are asked to arrange something in chronological order, it means THIS.
What is time order?
How do you RAP (Read and answer passages?)
What is:
1. Preview the questions
2. Determine fiction or nonfiction
3. Read and annotate the passage
4. Answer the questions!
For each bullet point, you should be answering the question using
What is RADD?