Skills
Literary Terms
Multiple Choice
Short Response
Extended Response
100

The central idea can often be found here.

What is the introduction and conclusion 

100
A comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100

POE stands for...

What is Process of Elimination?

100

Restate, Inference/answer, Cite Evidence and Explain

What is RICE?

100

This is the first step you should take, before you even begin to write.

What is decide on your claim?

200
Author's purpose can be broken down into PIE, which stands for...
What is Persuade, Inform, or Entertain?
200
"The typical teenage boy's room is a disaster area" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
200

What you should physically be doing while answering multiple choice questions.

What is flipping the page back and forth?

200
The expected length of your short response.
What is 6-8 sentences?
200

The place where your claim goes.

What is at the end of your introductory paragraph?

300

The difference between 3rd person limited and 3rd person omniscient narration.

What is how much the narrator knows?

300

Words in a row with the same initial consonant sound

What is an alliteration? 

300

What it looks like when you're using Process of Elimination.

What is crossing out?

300

The number of pieces of evidence that you are expected to supply.

What is 2?

300

The purpose of your conclusion.

What is to reiterate/restate your claim?

400
The text says + What I think =
What is an inference?
400
When a writer gives a hint of what's to come.
What is foreshadowing?
400

The process when you review the questions before reading the text

What is a previewing the text/questions?

400

The technique in which you don't quote exactly from the text, but say the same thing in your own words.

What is paraphrasing?

400
The expected number of paragraphs of an extended response.
What is 3-4?
500

The difference between tone and mood.

What is perspective? (Tone is from the perspective of the author, while mood is from the perspective of the reader)

500
The opposite of what is expected.
What is irony?
500
Should you ever skip a question.
What is no?
500

When restating a complex question, most students actually forget this step.

What is Answer?

500
The step that most writers skip.
What is proofreading?