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1
The night before the test, what is one important thing to do?
Play Fortnite until midnight
Use snapchat until your fingers fall off
Browse YouTube all night long
Go to bed early and get plenty of sleep
2
What is a good transition to use when including an example in your essay?
For example...
Therefore...
Also...
Because...
3
If you do not know how to spell a word, what is something you should
NOT
do?
Check if the word is used in the text somewhere
Sound it out in your head
Use another word that means the same thing
Forget about it
4
What is the
main idea
of a passage?
Details, facts, & examples
The most interesting idea
What the author wants you to know
The most important idea
5
If an essay says "explain how the author reveals that unicorns exist" what kind of essay is it?
Persuasive
Compare and Contrast
Analysis
Narrative
6
When you don't know what a word means, what should you do?
Skip the word
Take a guess
Use the surrounding sentence for context clues
Ask the teacher
7
If you are stuck on a question, what is the BEST thing you should do?
Bookmark the question & go back to it later
Take a guess
Pick the shortest answer
Keep trying to figure it out
8
If an essay says "write the story from a different character's POV" what kind of essay is it?
Explaination
Compare and Contrast
Narrative
Analysis
9
What is dialogue in a story?
What the characters look like
Everything that is in quotes (" ")
A description of the setting
What the characters say out loud
10
TRUE/FALSE: If the answer is more detailed and more specific, it is probably the most correct
True
False
11
What is
NOT
a good strategy to use
before
reading a text....
Look through the different pictures
Read the headings or titles
Only read the first sentence of each paragraph
Look at the multiple choice questions and essay prompt
12
When answering multiple choice questions, what is a strategy you could use?
Guess the answer
Eliminate the answers you know are not correct
Choose the answer with negative information
Choose the answer with the least information
13
Non fiction is...
A text based on real facts and information
A made up story
14
What is the first thing you should write when writing a narrative?
Dialogue
Introduction to characters
A hook
Introduction to setting
15
Before starting to write an essay, what should you do FIRST?
Find evidence from the text(s)
Underline each part of the prompt you must answer
Write down your thesis
Write the easiest part of the prompt first
16
If you are having trouble understanding something you are reading, what should you do?
Stop and reread
Take a guess on what the sentence(s) mean
Continue reading anyway
Skip to the end
17
If an essay asks you to compare and contrast 2 texts what do you need to include in your essay?
Evidence that proves both texts are similar
2 paragraphs
Evidence from both texts that prove your point
Detailed information about the most important text
