Test Vocab
Name a synonym or define for the capital word: What does the author REVEAL about the character?
Show
Name a synonym or define for the underlined word: What is the QUALITY of the character….
trait, character trait, characteristic
You see a really long, hard word. What do you do?
Read around, look at the picture to see if it helps. Read it again!
The place and time in which a story takes place?
WHAT IS A SETTING
Name the text structure you would use to teach about a polar bears physical features and its habitat.
Description
Name a synonym or define for the underlined word: How are the main ideas ORGANIZED in the passage…
structured, put together, listed
Name a synonym or define for the underlined word: What does the author’s POINT OF VIEW reveal about…
perspective, attitude, position, how they feel, what they think, thoughts
You read a multiple choice question and you don’t think any of the answers are correct. What would you do?
You’ve GOTTA answer it. You could come back later, or not, but you GOTTA answer it. To answer it, cross out the DEFINITELY NOs, look again at your maybes. Find and reread the part of the text the question is addressing, and see maybe which one is the best.
One of the people or animals in a story is called?
WHAT IS A CHARACTER
To describe the Lewis and Clark expedition from the beginning to the end.
Chronological or Order and Sequence
Name a synonym or define for the underlined word: What is the IMPACT of the phrase…
effect, influence
Applying human characteristics to a non-human object is what term of figurative language?
Personification
You remember your teacher says to plan your essay before writing it but you don’t know what the question is asking you. What do you do?
Skip the idea of planning. Follow the bullets. They are your plan. Write an answer to bullet one, then to bullet two. If you can, end by wrapping it up with some smart/sweet idea.
Comparison of two things using "like" or "as"?
WHAT IS SIMILE
To describe how lifting weights can help strengthen your bones.
Cause and Effect
Name a synonym or define for the underlined word: What evidence supports the CLAIM the author makes…
main point, thesis, argument
DOUBLE POINTS! Name a synonym or define for the underlined word: The author uses the metaphor to CONVEY the character’s…
communicate, make known
You can feel it. You are getting tired. You haven’t started the essay yet---but you
aren’t too great at essays anyway. Should you just push on and do a super quick
essay, or what?
The essay is like a pot of gold. You can earn tons of points right there. You have to come into the essay with power. So take a break, shake out your hands, look over your short answers, and when you are ready, give that essay your all.
You know a lot about the character. You see them from many different sides of the story. You can identify it by the pronouns I, we and us.
1st person point of view
To describe how using a cell phone in the car has led to more car accidents and how higher fines for doing this might prevent more accidents.
Problem and Solution
Name a synonym or define for the underlined word: Explain how the author DEVELOPS the theme.
grows, expands, brings forward
Two things being compared with Like or As is what term of figurative language?
simile
You read the directions and they dont make sense, what do you do?
Try finding part of the directions that do make sense. If this is a multiple choice question, look at the choices to see if maybe they help explain what the question is asking. If its a writing prompt, use the bullets or part of the question, and work on the bullet or part that makes the most sense first.
"It is raining cats and dogs." is an example of?
WHAT IS METAPHOR
To examine what Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson had in common and how they were different.
Compare and Contrast