Tips for State Test
Writing
Figurative Language
Reading Fiction
Reading Non-Fiction
100
True or False: I should eat a ton of candy on the morning of the test. 

False

100

Name one of the three types of writing

argument, informative, narrative.

100

A simile is a ________ between two unlike things.

comparison.

100

What is a theme? 

The moral or lesson of the story.

100

What is a central idea? 

What the text is about, in one sentence. 
200

What should you do before reading the passages?

read the questions

200

Which type of writing requires a thesis? 

Informative

200
What is an alliteration? 

Repetition of the first sound.

200

What is an inference? 

An educated guess.
200

A claim is an ________ and must be supported by __________. 

Opinion and evidence.

300

What should you make sure you do the MORNING of the state test? 

Eat breakfast. 

300

Which type of writing requires a claim? 

Argument.

300

Give me an example of analogy

Answers vary. 

300

What is dialogue AND what can it be used to do in a story? You need to answer both parts to get credit. 

Speaking between two characters. It can move the plot forward, reveal something about characters, etc.

300

Name the text structure that lists events in the order that they happened.

Sequential or chronological. 

400

On your scratch paper, what should you do? 

Annotate each passage. 

400

When writing your thesis from the prompt, what words should you look for to start your thesis?

the author

400

What do alliterations and onomatopoeia's have in common? 

They both involve SOUNDS.

400

What does a THEME not include that a central idea does when talking about a story? 

Theme does not include specific characters names or events from the actual story. 

400
What are an author's three main purposes for writing? 

Persuade, Inform, Entertain. 

500

How long do you need to work on the test at least before submitting? 

2 hours, at least.

500

How many paragraphs go in both an informative and argument essay? 

5

500
Tell me what similes have in COMMON and how similes and metaphors are DIFFERENT. You must do BOTH to get the points. 

They are similar because they are both comparisons, however metaphors do not use like or as and similes do. 

500

Identifying setting requires know the ______ and the _______. 

Time and place. 

500

What does it mean if a summary is objective? 

Without OPINION.