Leap Prep ELA

If I am taking the NARRATIVE WRITING TASK, I will read a MADE-UP story, then the writing prompt might ask me to ____.

• finish where the story left off

• re-tell the story from a different point of view

• give text evidence to support the theme

• write a four-paragraph essay about the story

If I open up the LEAP test and the directions say "Today you will read a story about..." You know you are taking the LITERARY ANALYSIS or NARRATIVE WRITING, which is _____?

• Fiction/fake/made-up stories with characters and a theme

• Non-fiction/facts/true events about history, art, science, technology

True or False: The last day of the ELA LEAP has NO ESSAY.

• True

• False

If a question asks you about "chronological order," that means... (Choose 2).

• place events in order based on which characters are involved

• place events in order based on time

• you are timed with how fast you can answer the question

• go back to the passage to check the order of events from first to last

Information from a text that we use to support our beliefs, opinions, main points, and arguments

• Text Evidence

• Opinion

• Point of View

Telling the important events or ideas in a story in your own words

• Key Details

• Central Message

• Summarize

The big idea of a story or the lesson the author wants you to learn

• Central Message

• Summarize

• Main Idea

Tells important information about the story or main topic

• Key Details

• Lesson

• Traits

A story that teaches a moral lesson often in which animals speak and act like humans

• Drama

• Fable

• Myth

The people, animals, or things in a story that can think, feel, and act.

• Characters

• Setting

• Plot