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ELA Testing Strategies
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In which text structure does the author explain how things are alike and different?
Description
Cause and Effect
Sequence
Compare and Contrast
2
What is connotation?
The definition from the dictionary
The definition of a word depending on your culture
Definition due to context, emotions, and cultural.
The definition that comes to your mind first
3
Thesis? Cats are the best emotional support pet because they snuggle, follow commands, and their purring is therapeutic.
True
False
4
When you notice a passage and coinciding question(s) what should you do first?
begin annotating
Read the question(s) first
Read the passege
Highlight the title
5
When writing an essay, what should be written at the end of the first paragraph?
Topic sentence
Thesis statement
The conclusion
Background information
6
Which point of view is characterized by the narrator addressing the reader as "you"?
First-person
Second-person
Third-person limited
Third-person omniscient
7
What should be highlighted in the text?
important details
dates
everything
character names
8
An essay should be at least 4 paragraphs.
False
True
9
What is a stanza?
a short story
one line in a poem
a paragraph
Two or more lines forming a division of a poem.
10
What type of text structure presents an issue and then gives one or more possible solutions?
Sequential
Problem and Solution
Description
Compare and Contrast
11
What is an analogy?
Contrast of two things
mertaphor
Alliteration
A comparison of two things
12
What is mood?
The emotions of the reader
However the passage makes me feel
the way the author feels
Everyone's feelings
13
Third-person omniscient point of view allows the narrator to know the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
True
False
14
What are the elements of persuasion?
Logos, Pathos, Ethos
Logic, Ethos, and pathology
All of the above
Rhetoric
15
(aabbcc) This is an example of...
the alphabet
onomatopoeia
alliteration
Rhyme scheme
16
When responding to a written response question that asks for
evidence to support
your answer, what should you use?
no evidence
evidence...duh.
MA'AM
RACE
17
In which text structure does the author explain how one event leads to another?
Cause and Effect
Description
Compare and Contrast
Chronological
18
Thesis Statement? "iPads are devices that transport and play music."
False
True
19
What is the Central Idea of a text?
How a passage is written
what the text is mainly about
the thesis statement
the process of identifying a story
20
What does the “C” in the RACE strategy stand for?
Cents evidence
Choose evidence
Cease evidence
Cite evidence
21
Third-person limited point of view shows the thoughts and feelings of at least one character, but not all.
False
True
22
What is tone?
The emotions of the character
My emotions
The mood of the author
The emotions of the author
23
In a story told from the third-person omniscient point of view:
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
The narrator addresses the reader directly.
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
The narrator is a character in the story.
24
What is THEME?
The author’s point of view.
Main idea of the text.
The text style
Life lesson in the text
25
Ex. The trees dance as the wind whistles.
Personification
Synonym
Analogy
Alitteration
26
What type of text structure is commonly used in recipes, manuals, and directions?
Problem and Solution
Cause and Effect
Sequential
Descriptive
27
Which comparison does not use the words “like” or “as”?
Analogy
Simile
Metaphor
28
What is inference?
An academic guess that is supported by logic (evidence)
A guess when your taking an academic text
The first thing that comes to mind
The surrounding words in a sentence
29
Which point of view is commonly used in journalism and formal writing?
Second-person
First-person
Third person
30
Which POV is used in a story where the narrator is a character in the story and uses pronouns like "I" and "me"?
First-person
Third-person limited
Second-person
Third-person omniscient
31
Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word within a text.
Context clues
Comics
Analogies
Metaphors
32
What two parts of the RACE strategy are written together?
E+S
C + E
A + C
R + A
