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Reading Comprehension
Literary Terms I (Figurative Language and Genre)
Literary Terms II
What is this question asking?
Test Taking Strategies/Extended Response
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What should you do if you read a paragraph and when you ask yourself "what is this mostly about?" you have no idea?
-Go back and re-read -Look for words you did not understand and use context clues to figure them out -underline important things that might help you determine what it is moslty about
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What is a simile? What is a metaphor? And how are they different?
A simile compares two things using like or as. A metaphor compares to things without using like or as.
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Name at least 3 features of a passage that is written in first person.
-The narrator is in the story -The words I, me, we, us, etc are used -We only know the narrator's thoughts and feelings
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Read the question below and determine what it is asking you to do. In your answer include what knowledge you must have and what skills or strategies you would use. After reading the passage, what do you think Rosa Parks mostly wanted people to remember her for?
This question is asking me to make an inference about her character based on what I learned in the story. I would need to determine what she would want to be remembered for based on what the passage says she was like.
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What are steps 1-3 of the extended response method, and after you complete them you should be done with what paragraph?
Introduction -read and underline two most important sentences, brainstorm, write intro
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A good summary would include (name at least two things):
-all the important information and nothing extra! -the main idea -would be in your own words
200
Bump Bam boom Crash crunch cram Broken bones The above poem is an example of what two literary devices?
This is an example of alliteration and onomatopoeia.
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What make third person objective point of view different from third person limited and omniscient?
in third person objective point of view we do not know any of the characters thoughts and feelings.
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Read the question below and determine what it is asking you to do. In your answer include what knowledge you must have and what skills or strategies you would use. What is the first thing Kayla does after walking into the store?
This questions literally is asking me to go back and look in the text for what happened at a specific point in the story.
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What are the 4 parts of writing a good body paragraph for an extended response?
-restate the reason -give a quote to support the reason -explain or interpret the quote -make a logical connection
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Name at least three strategies that good readers use to find the main idea of a passage.
Possible Answers:  ”chunking” parts of the passage – reading a part or section and then stopping to ask, “what is this mostly about?”  noticing repeated words and phrases  re-read the title and other text features  notice the information in the beginning or end of the paragraph or passage (depending on which main idea you are looking for)  combine the important details and ask, “what is the one, big, idea?”
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The trees laughed in the wind as I walked through the forest, it was as if a thousand animal eyes followed my every move. The above passage is an example of what two types of literary devices?
Personification and hyperbole.
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What is most likely the author's purpose in writing a passage all about snakes and other reptiles that does not include any opinions.
To inform
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Read the question below and determine what it is asking you to do. In your answer include what knowledge you must have and what skills or strategies you would use. Robert's negative outlook on life and the death of his friend at the end of the story are examples of which elements of literary structure?
This question is asking me what Robert's negative outlook and his friends death at the end of the story would be refferred to in literature. I would need to realize anything about Robert's personality is part of CHARACTER and something at the end of a story is CONCLUSION/RESOLUTION. I would need to know that elements of literary structure are just fancy ways of saying the parts of a story.
300
Describe what process of elimination means and why it is a useful test taking strategy.
Process of elimination means that you eliminate answer choices that you are absolutely sure or not the answer to narrow down the odds of getting the answer correct. It is useful because it allows your mind to focus on fewer choices, and the chances of getting the answer correct are better.
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What are two words that give you a clue that a CAUSE has been stated? What are two words that give you a clue that an EFFECT has been stated?
-Cause: because, since, due to -Effect: therefore, conseuqently, as a result
400
Describe at least one similarity and one difference between historical fiction and non-fiction.
Similarity: Both could inculde real places, people and events Differences: Non-fiction is facts and trues stories! Historical fiction is a made up story!
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What is the point of view the below passage? Sarah never realized that her little sister Amy was just trying to be like her. Amy always said things like "please let me come with you!" And she was always asking her a million questions. Now that she was away at college, Sarah understood much better how much Amy meant to her.
Third Person Limited
400
Read the question below and determine what it is asking you to do. In your answer include what knowledge you must have and what skills or strategies you would use. Which best describes the organizational pattern in parahgraph 6?
I would need to know that organizational pattern is the structure, or how the author sets up the passage. I would then choose the best answer such as cause and effect, sequence or time order, or compare and contrast.
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Which one of the below strategies to use your time wisely is most appropriate: A:Take more time on the questions at the beginning of the test, and if time runs out just fill in the rest of the answers without looking at the questions. B:Don't pay any attention to the time and just do your best! C:Read questions carefully, use your strategies, and if you do not know an answer after a few minutes move on to the next question so you can have the best odds of answering all questions on the test. D:Spend the first few minutes of the test doing calm classroom and observing your classmates as they get started until you are nice and ready, then go!
C!!
500
What is the number one way that students become better readers and improve their overall reading level?
Independent reading of an on-level text.
500
Describe at least one similarity and one difference bettwen a folktale/fable and a myth/legend?
Similarities: They usually have animals in the story and are passed on through generations Differences: Folktales/Fables teach a lessson or a moral, myths and legends describe how something in nature came to be
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Describe the differences and similarties between a narrative, persuasive, and expository essay. You must include both similarities and differences and the author's purpose in each type of esssay.
narrative: tells a story, can be to inform or entertain persuasive: shares an opinion, may inform you but the primary purpose is to persuade you to think or act in a certain way expository: the main purpose is to inform you
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Read the question below and determine what it is asking you to do. In your answer include what knowledge you must have and what skills or strategies you would use. Based on the etymology of archetype ("first or primary," from arch) the word most likely means?
I would need to know that etymology is the historical definition of a word. They give me the defintion in the question! So archetype means the first or primary type of something.
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Which one of the following could help you most on the test: A: Always going back into the passage and checking for information B: Scanning all text features before reading C: Reading questions carefully D:Skipping questions when you don't understand a word in the question E: Answers A, B and C
E!