Show:
Figurative Language
Reading Strategies
Benchmarks
Test Taking Strategies
FCAT
100
A figure of speech which compares two things with the words “like” or “as”
What is a simile?
100
Writing the most important information on the side of the passage
What is marginal note taking?
100
This benchmark will ask you to draw similarities and differences
What is compare and contrast?
100
This means eliminating the choices you know are wrong
What is process of elimination?
100
What is it called when you are asked to figure out the most important part of a passage?
The Main Idea
200
When the 1st letter of each word is repeated
What is alliteration?
200
Looking at the hints in a sentence or paragraph to define unknown words or phrases
What are context clues?
200
This benchmark will ask you to determine the most important part of the passage
What is main idea?
200
The first thing you should do when you are given the passage to read
Look at the questions
200
Instead of relying on your memory, you should do this when answering the questions
What is go back in the passage and find the answer?
300
A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, object or an idea
What is personification?
300
You can quickly identify important information in each paragraph using this strategy
What is GIST?
300
This benchmark will ask you to determine why the passage was written
What is author’s purpose?
300
Something important you do as you preview the questions
Write the Keywords
300
The reason the author wrote the article
What is the author’s purpose?
400
Language that appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?
400
You should do this first before you begin reading the passage
Look at the questions ?
400
This benchmark will ask you to read between the lines to draw a conclusion
What is making an inference?
400
You should look at all _______ ________ to help with understanding the passage.
Text Features
400
During the FCAT these are things that you should not do
Talk, Cheat, Use Cell Phone
500
An exaggerated statement used to emphasize a point
What is a hyperbole?
500
While reading the passage, what you should be doing to the text
Underlining
500
This benchmark will ask you to understand the reasons WHY something happens and the RESULTS
What is cause and effect?
500
This will happen to you if you don’t follow the testing rules
What is invalidation?
500
There are how many sessions for the reading FCAT
Two