Preparing for a Test
T or F: You should Highlight, underline, or circle the details in the questions.
What is True
Theme: Friends and family are important to finding out who you are.
Restate and answer this question: What is the theme of Two Roads?
The theme of Two Roads is friends and family are important to finding out who you are.
People have been living with domesticated animals for thousands of years.
Using context clues what does the word domesticated mean?
Kept as a pet
The child blew a huge bubble with the bubblegum. When it got too big it went POP!
POP is what type of literary device
onomatopoeia
Name one strategy you can use before testing to be successful?
Getting a good night's sleep, eating breakfast, dressing comfortably, etc.
T or F: You should Never Read all of the answer choices!
What is False
True or False - You should always use text evidence when giving a RACES response.
True
What is the connotation of the word:
childish
The childish man ran around and joked with all the party guests.
Negative
You don't know winter if you haven't tried snowboarding.
What type of literary devices is being used:
a) metaphor
b) personification
c) simile
d) hyperbole
d) Hyperbole- an exaggerated statement.
True or False--I can study for CMAS
False
T or F: You should annotate the text while reading it
True
What five things go into a summary?
Title, author, 3-5 plot points, a theme, and evidence
The wind outside had an ominous sound.
What does ominous mean?
Something bad is about to happen.
scary/ spooky
The camera spoke to him.
What literary device is being used in this sentence?
a) metaphor
b) personification
c) irony
d) onomatopoeia
personification
How many hours of sleep should you get?
What is at least 8 hours
How should you eliminate answers on the test?
Using the X out tool
What does RACES stand for?
Restate the question, answer the question, cite evidence, explain the answer, sum it up.
The barren land was dry and arid.
What does barren mean?
Farmers cannot grow crops on it.
The student walked in late to class and said, "Here!"
The teacher turned and said, " Now we can finally start class."
This is an example of which type of irony:
a) situational
b) verbal
c) dramatic
Verbal irony
You get to a really hard question. What could you do? a) Guess
b) Bookmark and come back
c) Skip it
d) Yell to you friend for the answer
Bookmark and come back
What tools can you use to annotate on CMAS?
The highlight and notepad tool
Fix this cited quote: In the book Cal says before going to Challagi I thought I knew who I was 298.
In Two Roads on page 298 Cal says, "before going to Challagi I thought I knew who I was."
Read this sentence:
She rolled her eyes and expressed antipathy towards the gym class.
What does antipathy mean?
Dislike
Shakespeare said, "Why then, the world's mine oyster".
What type of literary device is being used?
Metaphor