SBAC -Eng. prep.

A selection of text used for quoting, or text extracted from the larger body of work.

• Evidenenc

• Excerpt

Text that explains, shows cause and effect, comparisons and contrasts, illustrations and examples, and definitions.

• Explanatory Text

• Narrative

• Essay

A reference to a prior time in a story usually to give background information to the current situation.

• Inference

• Flashback

The rules of language consisting of syntax, morphology, semantics, eg. sounds, etc, and interpretation of the meaning of words

• English

• Grammar

• Organization in Writing

A comparison that doesn’t use the word “like” or “as”. It compares one thing to another to suggest that they are the same.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Analogy

Proof showing that something is true which supports a thesis or claim.

• Hypothesis

• Inference

• Evidence

Comparison of two things that are alike

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Analogy

An interpretative composition that is written from a limited or personal PoV.

• Essay

• Addressing opposing viewpoints (counterargument)

• Narrative

A comparison that uses “like” or “as”.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Analogy

Conversations between characters in a story, movie, play,  or conversation

• Conflict

• Phrases

• Dialogue