Testing Language
Literary Devices
Literary Elements
Testing Language Part Deux
NY State ELA Test
100

Name 3 short response strategies .

RACE/RAFT/ADD

100

Definition of Personification. 

Attributing human like self-awareness to a thing, an idea or an animal.


"The wind whispered secrets through the trees."

100

The literary element of setting is defined as

What is where or when a story takes place?

100

In the question, "Which detail best shows David's attitude toward his situation?"

What does attitude mean? 

What is how a character feels about something or someone?

100
The date for the ELA Exam.

What is April 29th and April 30th .

200

What is a example of 2nd person as it relates to point of view? 

Language that includes "you".

200

Which point of view would be described as omniscient ? 

3rd person

200

In a plot, this would introduce the background information, characters, and setting. 

What is exposition? 

200

What does the repetition of the word "dark" symbolize in the poem?

What does symbolize mean as it is used in this sentence?

 

What is to represent or stand for?

200

The three sections that will be scored on the state exam. 

What is multiple choice, short response, extended response? 

300

What is an antonym for the word reveal?

What is to hide? 
300

How a narrator sees and interprets events in a story is called this ...

What is perspective?

300

Every story has a conflict that a character must overcome. What are the two types of conflict? 

What is internal and external conflict? 

300

How does the author EMPHASIZE that David persevered and survived the storm?

Another word for EMPHASIZE as it is used in this sentence means ...

What is to "stress" to "make something clear"?


300

The amount of points needed to be scored efficient on the ELA state exam.

What is 40 points?  37 is needed to pass. 

400

Theme: Nya persisted and never gave up.


What is wrong with this theme? 

What is "use of name"? 


400

What are the THREE main text structures?

What is

persuade/convince

information

explanatory/expository

400

When what is said is the opposite of what is meant. 


  • Example: Saying "That's just great" when something terrible happens.

What is irony. 

400

4 examples of a prefix. 

What is anti, mis, un, non?

400

This action proves that you are actively reading .

What is annotation? close read.

500

What does the word attitude mean as it is used in the sentence below?

How does the author's attitude toward traveling change over the course of the text?

What is the way the author feels toward the subject or topic of the text?
500

The difference between theme and main idea.

What is Theme : Life long lesson / Main idea is a summary of the story 

500

What is the author's purpose for writing this article?

Define purpose as it is used in this sentence.

What is reason?

What is goal?


500

Name 7 examples of figurative language 

What is alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, Metaphor, simile, hyperbole, allusion, Personification?
500

What are 4 of the eliminate the distractor strategies? 

What is so extra, mid, liar liar, pants on fire, sus, twinning but not?