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Essay
Figurative Language
Narrative
Test Taking Strategies
Test Taking Tips
Plot
100
The paragraph that has 2-3 sentences including a thesis statement.
What is the introduction?
100
Description that appeals to the senses
What is imagery?
100
the practice of using a person, thing, or object to represent something else
What is symbolism?
100

These should be read after a quick 'skim read' of the passage.

What are the questions?

100
The night before the test make sure and __________
What is get a good night's sleep?
100
The part of the plot where the reader is satisfied that the conflict is over.

What is the resolution?

200
This final paragraph of your essay should re-state your main points
What is the conclusion?
200
The repetition of consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
200
The writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a story, toward a character, or toward the audience (the readers).
What is tone?
200

The most useful tool that you have during your test besides your brain and pencil

What is a dictionary?

200
The morning of the test you should start the day _______
What is how you normally do? or What is like every other day?
200

The part of the plot after the point where the protagonist has made her most important decision.

What is the falling action?

300

The main idea of your essay and must be proven with reliable sources.

What is the claim or thesis?

300
A reference to a well-known person, place or thing
What is allusion?
300

A character or force in conflict with the main character

What is an antagonist?

300
To better your chances of getting the answer right when you are struggling with a question you mark off answers you know are wrong by _______
What is process of elimination?
300

The morning of the test make sure you do this, but not in a way that is radically different.

What is eat well?

300

The point in the story where something changes and our protagonist cannot turn back.

What is the climax or the turning point?

400

This part of the essay should relate to your thesis and develop least three main points with evidence and proof.

What are the body paragraphs?

400
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
400

A long speech in which ONE character speaks at length to another character or the audience.

What is a monologue?

400
If you finish the test early, make sure you go back through and ______
What is check all answers?
400
The most important thing to remember about the test
What is think positive?
400
When a book has two protagonists whose stories eventually blend into a single narrative.

What is a parallel plot?

500

An essay should NEVER be written this way, using I-me-my, etc.

What is first-person?

500

A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

What is metaphor?

500

When another character(s) and/or the audience know more than one or more characters on stage about what is happening.

What is irony or dramatic irony?

500
When reading, you read the _____ and _____ of the passage first
What is first and last paragraph?
500

Before the test think only about what you will do to __________ after the test

What is relax or chill?

500

The fancy French name for resolution.  

What is the denouement?