ELA Content Reminders

Question 1

a reference to a historical figure, a famous character in literature or an event or person in the Bible

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 2

a message or lesson about life, society or human nature found throughout a story

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theme

Question 3

What can you use when you do not know unfamiliar words?

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Context Clues

Question 4

Which of these is not a digital tool you can use on the test Monday?

Accepted Answer

Calculator

Question 5

descriptive language that helps the reader to visualize a mood, character or idea

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imagery

Question 6

a word to describe something or someone that stays the same

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Static

Question 7

What does E in RACE stand for?

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Explaining how your evidence supports the answer

Question 8

the difference or problem between two sides (external and internal)

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Conflict

Question 9

intentional repeating of a word, phrase or idea for effect

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repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition

Question 10

a story (fiction or nonfiction)

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narrative

Question 11

marks in writing such as periods and commas (

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Punctuation

Question 12

the use of objects or concrete things (symbols) to represent meanings or ideas

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symbolism

Question 13

a statement of what an author will focus on in an essay. In argument writing, this is the author’s claim

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thesis

Question 14

information given by the author that hints at what is to come later in the text

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Foreshadowing

Question 15

When are you taking the ELA SBA test?

Accepted Answer

Monday (next week)

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