FAST Review Notes

All of the following are true of the following statement EXCEPT which one:

It is important to not ______ when taking an adaptive ELA test.

• rush through

• flag and move on to the next passage

• review your answers

• guess your way through

What level of the test are you starting at when you open PM3 to begin?

• Level 1 so it is fair

• There is no level so the test can get a baseline

• Whatever level you made at the end of PM2

• Whatever level you made at the end of PM1

True or False: You should flag really difficult passages and come back at the end of the test.

• True

• False

Fill in the blank: Treat each passage set like a ______.

• mini-test

• story

• poem

Fill in the blank: Trust your ______ and the text-based evidence- Unless God shows you additional information that you missed or misread, you were probably right.

• instincts

• friends

• luck

True or False: you have to read the passage because there are guaranteed some questions that cannot be answered without reading it so what was the point of scanning.

• True

• False

An unreliable narrator is:

• A narrator whose credibility is compromised or questionable.

• A narrator who always tells the truth.

• A narrator who is not part of the story.

• A narrator who provides only factual information.

How does the setting or lack of setting impact the character and plot?

• It shapes the character’s actions and influences the plot.

• It has no effect on the character or plot.

• It only affects the plot, not the character.

• It only affects the character, not the plot.

When looking for the theme of the story, which do you NOT look at?

• Character development and changes

• Conflict and how it was resolved

• Climax and any big climatic speeches

• Chapter numbers and character Hairstyles

The use of allusion in a text influences meaning by:

• Providing background information directly

• Creating connections to other works or ideas

• Describing characters in detail

• Explaining the plot explicitly