Examples
Definitions
Examples Part 2
Test Taking Strategies/Bonus quesitons
Miscellaneous
100

Parents should supervise teens' use of social media. 

Claim 

100

Dialogue

Conversation between characters 

100

 "Gun control laws make a country safer," 

"Guns are needed for home protection".

Counterclaim

100
Name a strategy you can use for a multiple choice quesiton

Process of elimination

100

Inform, entertain, and persuade are examples of...

Author's purpose 

200

Some women hold me when I need to dream, 

rock, rocked my first red anger through the

night. Strong women teach me courage to esteem,

Stanza

200

Tone

The author's attitude towards the subject

200

"I walked to the store and saw my friend."

First Person

200

If you cannot figure out a question, what should you do?

Move on to the next question and go back at the end 

200

Destroy;create are examples of...

Antonyms

300

Goldilocks disrespects the property of others and learns a lesson about respecting boundaries.

Central idea 

300

Stanza

A group of lines in a poem

300

A character packing a life jacket and fishing tackle suggests they are planning a boat trip.

Inference

300

The comedian was a clown is an example of...

Metaphor

300

Hints or pieces of information within a text that help a reader understand the meaning of an unfamiliar word or phrase.

Context Clues

400

Love can conquer even the greatest evil

Theme 

400

Inference

A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning

400

 "Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'

Dialogue 

400

The birthday cake was calling my name is an example of...

Personification

400

A book, article, or resource consulted for information is...

Source

500

 "We'll see about that" 

 "If he shows his face again, I'll kill him!".

Foreshadowing

500

Point of View

The perspective from which a story is told-third person or first person

500

The author had an optimistic____________

Tone

500

Happy; joyful are examples of...

Synonyms 

500

Which two words are misspelled-

"The people planting memorail gardens had to participate in training profesionals before they could start the projects. 

Memorial and professionals