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ELA 7
TEST TERMS
Question: "Suggests" and "implies" are key words that will be included in the question stem when you need to use this Test Term.
Answer: What is INFER?
Question: You'll be looking for the differences between two or more things when you use this Test Term.
Answer: What is CONTRAST?
Question: You'll find how two or more things are alike when you use this Test Term.
Answer: What is COMPARE?
Question: You'll be restating the main ideas and main events when you use this Test Term. It should be much shorter than the original.
Answer: What is SUMMARIZE?
Question: When you do this Test Term, you'll be restating the meaning of the original passage, including key details, and using synonyms to put it in your own words.
Answer: What is PARAPHRASE?
SHORT ANSWERS
Question: Before you write the details that answer the question, you should include this sentence FIRST.
Answer: What is the TOPIC SENTENCE?
Question: This is the number of DETAILS you should include as EVIDENCE when writing your short answers.
Answer: What is TWO?
Question: This is at the end of your short answer, where you restate how your DETAILS proved your TOPIC SENTENCE.
Answer: What is the WRAP-UP SENTENCE or when you BRING IT ALL TOGETHER?
Question: When you write your TOPIC SENTENCE, you should include the key words that were used here.
Answer: What is the PROMPT or QUESTION?
Question: R2D2 is the writing strategy that is divided into these THREE main steps.
Answer: What is Respond/Rephrase, 2 Details, and bring it all 2gether?
FIGURATIVE
Question: This is a type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics.
Answer: What is PERSONIFICATION?
Question: This is a comparison between two things, using "like" or "as."
Answer: What is a SIMILE?
Question: This is a figure of speech in which something is described as if it were something else.
Answer: What is a METAPHOR?
Question: Anything that stands for or represents something else.
Answer: What is a SYMBOL?
Question: This is the repetition of similar initial consonant sounds.
Answer: What is ALLITERATION?
STRATEGIES
Question: This is how you should always READ the directions, title, topic sentences, questions, and answer choices.
Answer: What is CLOSELY READ?
Question: You should look for these clues that surround a word whose meaning you don't know.
Answer: What are CONTEXT CLUES?
Question: When making an INFERENCE, the passage will have a strong amount of this to make CONCLUSION highly likely to be true.
Answer: What is EVIDENCE?
Question: As you read, writing a short summary next to each one of these will help you comprehend the passage and quickly answer the questions.
Answer: What are PARAGRAPHS?
Question: In these types of questions, you should make sure the answer DOES NOT include details that the two things being asked about have in common.
Answer: What are CONTRAST questions?
TRUE or FALSE
Question: You should NOT use your opinion when SUMMARIZING, PARAPHRASING, or INFERRING.
Answer: TRUE
Question: For questions about specific facts/details, you can MOST LIKELY find the information in the TITLE.
Answer: FALSE. The information will most likely be in a PARAGRAPH whose TOPIC SENTENCE includes the same KEY WORDS as the question.
Question: The CAUSE is a person of thing that makes something happen and the EFFECT is change that is the consequence of the cause.
Answer: TRUE
Question: The THEME is a summary of what happens in the story.
Answer: FALSE. The THEME is the central MESSAGE, IDEA, or CONCERN. It says what the story means, not just what happened.
Question: The test will try to trick you by giving you answers that are partly true but not fully true.
Answer: TRUE! That's why it's important that you know exactly what the question is asking and then closely read the answer choices.