Before/During the Test
Doing this helps give you energy for the test so you can remain focused during it
What is eat breakfast?
Doing this gives you a higher probability of getting the right answer
What is eliminating choices?
If part of a true/false statement is false, the entire statement is this
What is false?
The number of details you need in your free-response answers
What is two?
When the audience knows more than the characters on the page
What is dramatic irony?
Something important to do the night before the test so you can concentrate during the test
What is get a good night's sleep?
This is what you should do in order to leave yourself plenty of time for more difficult questions
What is answer the easy ones first?
True or false statements that use qualifying words like "most", "usually", or "sometimes" are generally this
What is true?
You should do this before the story or article when you're given a reading passage
What is read the questions first?
The text is giving us hints about what will happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
Do this to make sure you aren't late for the test, or you'll be stressed out before it even begins
What is leave early?
This is what you should do if you come across a tough question you don't know the answer to right away
What is skip it? (and come back to it later)
This is what you should never do on a true or false question because guessing either gives you a 50% chance of getting it correct
What is leave it blank?
This is the first part of R2D2, where you answer the question they're asking.
What is respond?
Descriptor term for the storyteller when we can't fully trust them. The Tell-Tale Heart has an example of this.
What is an unreliable narrator?
This is what you should do when you feel nervous during the test, in order to calm yourself down
What is deep breathing?
Multiple choice answers that include absolute language are generally this
What is wrong?
"Always", "Never", and "Only" are examples of this
What is absolute language?
Whether you're writing a free response or answering questions, do this as you read the story given to you so you know where to find the information later
What is underline or circle information? (anything related to the question)
This is the author of the poem we read in class called "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain"
Who is Emily Dickinson?
Do this when you've finished filling everything out but there's still time left
What is review your answers?
This is the percentage of guessing the correct response if you eliminate all but three answers
What is 33%?
In order for a statement to be true, it has to be this
What is true all the time?
This is what the acronym R2D2 stands for
What is Respond, 2 Details, and 2Gether?
In the story "My Favorite Chaperone", is the country Maya and her family were from
What is Kazakhstan?