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ELA Testing Strategies
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When you notice a passage and coinciding questions what should you do first?
begin annotating
Read the questions first
Highlight the title
Read the passege
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In which text structure does the author explain how things are alike and different?
Sequence
Compare and Contrast
Description
Cause and Effect
3
When writing an essay, what should be written at the end of the first paragraph?
Thesis statement
The conclusion
Topic sentence
Background information
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When responding to a Text Dependent Analysis (TDA) question, how much supportive evidence do you need?
3
2
10
4
5
What is inference?
The surrounding words in a sentence
A guess when your taking an academic text
The first thing that comes to mind
An academic guess that is supported by logic (evidence)
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What is THEME?
Main idea of the text.
Life lesson in the text
The author’s point of view.
The text style
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(aabbcc) This is an example of...
Rhyme scheme
the alphabet
onomatopoeia
alliteration
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What type of text structure presents an issue and then gives one or more possible solutions?
Problem and Solution
Compare and Contrast
Description
Sequential
9
What are the elements of persuasion?
Logic, Ethos, and pathology
All of the above
Rhetoric
Logos, Pathos, Ethos
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Thesis Statement? "iPads are devices that transport and play music."
False
True
11
Which comparison does not use the words “like” or “as”?
Analogy
Metaphor
Simile
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In which text structure does the author explain how one event leads to another?
Description
Chronological
Cause and Effect
Compare and Contrast
13
Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word within a text.
Context clues
Comics
Metaphors
Analogies
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What is connotation?
Definition due to context, emotions, and cultural.
The definition of a word depending on your culture
The definition that comes to your mind first
The definition from the dictionary
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Which tools are beneficial in test taking?
the text, highlighter and a marker
Dictionary and pencil
highlighter and pencil
Highlighter, pen, pencil, and cell phone
16
What two parts of the RACES strategy written together?
C + E
E+S
R + A
A + C
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Poetry: What is a couplet?
When two words rhyme
End rhyming of two consecutive lines
Two stanzas in a poem
Two lines in a poem
18
Ex. The trees dance as the wind whistles.
Analogy
Personification
Alitteration
Synonym
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What are two types of analogies?
simile & alliteration
context & metaphor
metaphor & simile
opinion & alliteration
20
What does the “C” in the RACES strategy stand for?
Cease evidence
Choose evidence
Cents evidence
Cite evidence
21
Which type of poetry has 3 lines & 5-7-5 syllable pattern?
Bio Poems
Any poem
Septet
Haiku
22
Thesis? Cats are the best emotional support pet because they snuggle, follow commands, and their purring is therapeutic.
True
False
23
What type of poem is illustrated above?
Haiku
Concrete
Couplet
Septet
24
What is an analogy?
A comparison of two things
mertaphor
Alliteration
Contrast of two things
25
In a story told from the third-person omniscient point of view:
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
The narrator is a character in the story.
The narrator addresses the reader directly.
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
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Which point of view is characterized by the narrator addressing the reader as "you"?
Second-person
Third-person omniscient
Third-person limited
First-person
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Third-person limited point of view allows the narrator to delve into the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters.
False
True
28
Which point of view is commonly used in journalism and formal writing?
First-person
Third-person objective
Third-person limited
Second-person
29
What is tone?
The emotions of the author
The emotions of the character
My emotions
The mood of the author
30
An essay should be at least 4 paragraphs.
True
False
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What is mood?
the way the author feels
The emotions of the reader
However the passage makes me feel
Everyone's feelings
32
What is a stanza?
one line in a poem
a short story
a paragraph
Two or more lines forming a division of a poem.
33
What type of text structure is commonly used in recipes, manuals, and directions?
Sequential
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
Descriptive
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What is the Main Idea of a story?
How a passage is written
the process of identifying a story
A group of related sentences that support one idea.
the thesis statement
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What should be highlighted in the text?
important details
character names
everything
dates
36
Third-person omniscient point of view allows the narrator to know the thoughts and feelings of some characters.
False
True
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Which POV is used in a story where the narrator is a character in the story and uses pronouns like "I" and "me"?
Second-person
Third-person omniscient
First-person
Third-person limited
