Skills
What is theme?
a lesson or a moral message
RACCE
1. What is a problem and solution text structure?
2.What is problem and solution key words?
1. author names a problem and then tells how to solved it
2.examples: problem, solution, issue, resolved, challenge, solved
What is a metaphor?
comparison between two unlike nouns WITHOUT using like or as
What side of the multiple choice question should you write your strategies on?
the right side away from the bubbling
1. What is main idea? 2. What are some of the main idea strategies?
1. what the text is mostly about
2. box in the title, reread your gists, circle an repeated words, look at the pictures/captions, shorter texts: reread first and last sentences, longer texts: reread first and last paragraphs
How do we set up a contrast paragraph
RACECE
1. What is chronology text structure?
2. What is chronology key words?
1. when author puts events in order they happened
2. examples: first, next, last, after, dates in order
What is a simile?
a comparison between two nouns using either the word like or as
1. When can you close your test booklet?
2. When should you do if you finish before the time is up?
1. Once the timer goes off
2. reread over your multiple choice and writing to make sure didn't skip anything
What is a character trait?
a word that could describe a characters based on his/her thoughts, actions, feelings
When writing more than one paragraph, what must you do before moving to paragraph 2?
skip a line and indent
1. What is a cause/effect text structure?
2. What are key words for cause/effect?
1. author names a reason something happens and then an outcome that occurred
2. examples: reason, caused, as a result, therefore, effect, because of, if... then
What is an idiom?
a statement that doesn't mean exactly what it says
What should you write next to each paragraph as you read the text?
gist
1. What is an inference? 2. what steps do we follow to make an inference?
1. an educated guess 2. context clues + background knowledge= inference
Are you allowed to skip lines for the actual LEAP Test?
No
1. What is a compare/contrast text structure?
2. What are keywords for compare/contrast?
1. author states a similarity and difference between two nouns
2. examples: same, alike, similar, both, differ, vary, unalike, difference, not the same
What is an hyperbole?
an exaggerated statement
What are some strategies we learned when part B asks you to pick 2?
box it in, put a star on top, draw two lines on the side
What is a summary?
shorter version of a passage that tells the main events from the beginning, middle and end
What should you use the stratch paper you are given for?
WOW Line or setting up RACE format
If it asks how the text is organized, what does it want you to find?
text structure
What is personification?
gives a nonliving thing a human ability
If your teacher says 20 minutes have passed, what does that mean?