ELA OST Test Prep

A word that means the SAME as another word.

• text structure

• character trait

• antonym

• synonym

A word that means the OPPOSITE of another word.

• antonym

• synonym

• character trait

• plot

Words to describe a character in a story. Character traits are what a character is MOSTLY like. Not something they are only like one time.

• plot

• main idea

• character trait

• theme

What happens in a story.

• antonym

• plot

• summary

• main idea

How a story is structured.

• plot

• text structure

• main idea

• theme

When a question is difficult, what should you do?

• Look for key words that will give you clues to finding the right answer

• Eliminate answers you know are not correct

• Always read words that are in BOLD, italics, and underlined carefully

• All of the above

Author's tone refers to...

• an author's background information

• an author's perspective or attitude about a topic

• an author's writing style

• an author's choice of text structure(s)

A theme is...

• What the text is mostly about

• Message or moral of the story

• The opinion of the author

• Evidence from the text

When I make a inference I am combing

• What I read and what the text says

• What I know and the main idea

• The main idea and the theme

• What I read and my background knowledge

Evidence means

• Long answer

• Proof of the answer

• Random sentence

• A quote