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100
What are 3 things to look for when reading non-fiction?
Answers Include: Central Idea/Main Idea Supporting Details Facts and Specifics Author's View Text Features Text Structure Author's Claim
100
What should you do before you begin your extended response?
PLAN!
100
What is one strategy for multiple choice questions?
Answers Include: Cover up the answers Return to the text Process of Elimination
100
Define: Convey
To Show
100
Which of these should you not bring into the test? a. cell phone b. chapstick c. pencil d. eraser
A. Cell Phone
200
You are about to read a passage on the ELA test, and the directions are below. "Read the following account. Then answer the questions that follow." What genre is the passage?
Non-Fiction
200
Which of the following will NOT help you get a 2 on the short response? a. Using clear handwriting b. Using at least 3 details from the text c. Answering the question correctly d. Using relevant evidence
B. Using at least 3 details from the text
200
For which questions should you "Number the Parts?"
Short Response Extended Response
200
What is a poetic paragraph called?
A Stanza
200
What happens if during the test, the teacher sees you turn around, ask someone for a pencil, get it, and immediately get back to work?
Your test will be taken and you will get a zero.
300
What are 3 things we look for when reading Fiction?
Answers Include: Theme Character Change Point of View Word Choice Figurative Language Conflict Character Motivation Important Dialogue
300
Which of the following should ALWAYS be included on an extended response? a. Direct quotes from the text b. A clear claim c. At least 4 body paragraphs d. Literary devices
B. A Clear Claim
300
Name 1 positive way, and 1 negative way that annotating might affect you on the state test.
Positive: Helps you better understand the passage Negative: Can slow you down
300
Look at the following sentence: "Determine the meaning of the word." What does "determine" mean?
To Choose or Decide
300
Imagine. You have 9 minutes left with the test, and your pencil breaks. Do you... a. Look through your bag for another one b. ask the person next to you for one c. raise your hand and ask the teacher what to do d. simply stop the test -- you only have 7 minutes left anyway.
C. Raise your hand and ask the teacher what to do
400
Read the following back-of-the-book-blurb from "Underground." What genre is this book? In 1839, visitors from miles around come to Kentucky to tour Mammoth Cave. But sixteen-year-old Charlotte, the maid at Mammoth Cave Hotel, doesn't understand its appeal. As a slave, she is already trapped, and she doesn't see the point in risking being trapped underground as well. Still, she's curious when Stephen Bishop, another slave who is the cave's expert guide and chief explorer, makes some big discoveries underground, and she's interested in Stephen himself. Then Charlotte makes a discovery of her own: runaway slaves sometimes come to the hotel seeking refuge. As she helps them, she wonders if she should run away. Charlotte must decide whether she should stay with Stephen or risk everything for her own chance at freedom. In this compelling novel, two young people explore what sorts of freedom they can find, even as slaves.
Historical Fiction
400
There is one extended responses on this year's ELA test. How many total points are the extended responses worth?
4
400
Imagine: You have 7 minutes left on the test, and you still have a short response question left. You haven't read the passage yet. What should you do?
Read the question first then read the passage with the question in mind.
400
"Steven's decisions are a waterfall crashing down all around him." This is an example of what literary device?
Metaphor
400
What should you do the morning of the ELA state test? a) Eat a bag of airheads b) play a game of basketball in the parking lot c) Eat a healthy breakfast d) Sharpen a million pencils
c) Eat a healthy breakfast
500
How many multiple choice questions are on this year's ELA test?
35
500
In order to receive a 3 on extended response for "Mechanics," how many mistakes are you allowed to have?
4-6
500
Imagine. It's day 2. You have 20 minutes left. You have 30 multiple choice questions an 1 extended response left. To have the biggest possibility of getting points, what should you do? a. Focus on the multiple choice questions. b. Randomly bubble in the questions and totally ignore the extended response. c. Focus on the extended response questions -- it's worth 4 points! d. Spend 10 minutes on multiple choice, and no matter what move onto the extended response for the last 10 minutes.
A. Focus on the Multiple Choice Questions
500
"How does the author illustrate the tone of the passage?" Put this question into your own words.
How does the author explain the feeling of the passage?
500
What is the difference between Theme and Central Idea?
Theme is in fiction, and Central Idea is in Non-Fiction