EOG ELA Test Prep

"She is a flower; so beautiful" is an example of:

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Falling action is...........

• beginning of the story

• the part of the story where conflict is beginning to resolve and all loose ends are tied up.

• turning point

• end of story where all problems are solved

The rising action...........

• the end of the story

• the turning point

• Is where the conflict starts to happen

• the beginning of the story

What happens in the exposition of a story?

• the conflict starts to build

• the loose ends are tied up 

• the characters, setting, conflict is introduced

• the turning point happens

Resolution is.........

• part where conflict and tension builds

• beginning of story

• turning point

• end of story where all conflict is resolved.

Author's purpose means.........

• The message they want to deliver.

• how he/she feels when they write a text.

• Why he/she writes a text:  to inform, entertain, or persuade someone.

• the opinion of the author.

When you get a new passage, a good test-taking strategy is:

• First read the passage

• First read multiple choice questions to know what you are looking for in the text

• First read the questions then start answering them

• Read the passage then guess

When reading a text, how can text features help you?

• By looking at subheadings, pictures, titles you can preview the text before reading to show you main idea.

• They can help you to tell you the whole story.

• They can help you answer all the multiple choice only.

• They cannot help you at all with the text.

The audience is.......

• The speaker in a text

• The people the author is writing to

• The narrator

• The author

writing that attempts to convince the reader or listener to agree with a certain opinion or plan of action

• persuasion 

• inform

• entertain

• all of the above