Literary Terms
ELA
State Test 1
State Test 2
FUN!
100

Jumbo Shrimp

Oxymoron

100

Restate the question

Answer the question

Cite the Evidence

Explain the Evidence

What is the RACE strategy?

100

What is:

40x4

160

100

How many days is the ELA state test?

2 days

100

What is the theme of the this month?

Women's History

200

Bam! Pow!

Onomatopoeia

200

What is the main meaning of the short story or novel?

Main Idea

200

Go on Chromebook.

Go on your smart watch.

Go on your phone.

What are we not allowed to do before/after test.

200

What can you do after you finish your test?

Put your head down or read a book.

200

Copying information for an assignment.

Plagiarism

300

Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Biography, Fairy Tales, Myths . . .

Genres

300

Figurative Language that uses the same consonant for effect.

What is alliteration?

300

When is the state test this year?

April 8 and 9.

300

True or False: The state tests affect your report card.

False

300

True or False: There are more kangaroos than people in Australia. 

True

400

What strategy do we use with a Venn Diagram?

Compare and Contrast

400

A true story of a person's life written by that person?

Autobiography

400

What should we do if we don't know an answer to a question?

Make a guess. Do not leave it blank.

400

True or False


You should read the questions on the ELA test first and then check the passage.

True

400

What is ROY G BIV?

Rainbow

red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

500

A character that changes throughout a novel. 

Dynamic Character

500

A comparison NOT using like or as

Metaphor

500

What do I need to do if I am not taking the test?

Send an email or note to your guidance counselor/AP.

500

You shut down your chromebook.

You sign in through apps. 

You go to Apps and click on Questar. You then put in your login information and begin the test.

How to sign into the state test.

500

What is the capital of New York?

Albany