Test Prep Terms To Know

What does the word TEXT mean?

• The passages provided for students to read.

• The directions given on the test.

• The questions that are graded.

What is ARGUMENTATIVE writing?

• Writing where the goal is to explain and give facts about a topic.

• Writing where the goal is to persuade the reader to agree with your point of view/topic.

• Writing where you create a fictional story in a fantasy world.

What does the word COMPARE mean?

• to determine significant differences between two or more things

• to read carefully and slowly

• to notice similarities between two or more things (see what they have in common)

What does the word DESCRIBE mean?

• To list your least favorite hobbies

• To tell or show through writing, using facts or details

• To compare and contrast

What is a NARRATIVE?

• A story that has plot elements like exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

• A fantasy full of trolls and wizards only.

• A report on animals that are pink. An example would be Pink Is For Blobfish.

What does the word DEMONSTRATE mean?

• To compare and contrast

• To describe, explain, display or illustrate through examples

• To write the sensory details... how it looks, feels, tastes, sounds, smells

What does the word DETERMINE mean?

• To guess randomly

• To write about in a paragraph

• To decide through reasoning

What does it mean to SUPPORT your answer?

• To back up your claim or answer with evidence

• To write neatly following correct conventions

• To hold up with your hands

What is the CENTRAL IDEA/ MAIN IDEA of a text?

• What the piece of text is mostly about; Typically once sentence

• The life lesson that can be learned from reading the text

• A paragraph that explains the most important parts of the text

What is an INFERENCE?

• A diagram made to compare two different texts

• A guess made when you have no idea what the answer is

• An answer made from text evidence and background knowledge (What's in your head)