Test Prep Terms

What are context clues?

• Clues a detective needs.

• Hints to help define an unknown word or phrase.

• A definition.

• Unknown words.

Word choice is

• Choosing whether to answer a question or not.

• A writer's selection of words.

• Choosing whether to read a question or not.

Instead of a paragraph, a chunk of lines in poetry are called a...

• paragraph

• stanza

• couplet

• rhyme

Which sound device refers to the repitition of vowel sounds?

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Assonance

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• give person-like qualities to animals and things

• have a different meaning than the words.

What is personification?

• Exaggeration for dramatic effect

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• A word that is a sound

• Using the 5 senses to understand a poem

What is onomatopoeia?

• sound words

• a comparison using like or as

• a hint about what will happen in the future

• repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words

A statement that goes against or opposes the author's claim.

• counterclaim/counterargument

• rebuttal

• warrant

• thesis

A counterargument is

• Words or phrases a writer uses to move from one idea to the next

• To re-word, rearrange, summarize, or put information in my own words

• The opposing side of an argument

• A list of the sources I used during my research

What is a simile?

• A) A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• B) A type of metaphor

• C) A form of exaggeration

• D) A sound word