1. Practice for Test
By: Miss O

2. Pronouns
Know how to find them in a sentence
• Words that take the place of people or things:
I, you, he, she, it, we, they
me, him, her, it, us, them

3. Pronouns
• my, mine
• your, yours
• our, ours
• their, theirs
• his
• her, hers

4. Pronouns
• who
• whom
• which
• whose
• what

5. Pronouns
• this
• that
• these
• those

6. Pronouns
all each more none several
another either most no one
some
any few much one
both many neither other

7. Types of Leads
• Onomatopoeia- Boom! Crash! Poow! Sound Leads! Goes straight to the action
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• Posing a question- What's it like to be a cat?
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• Astonishing Fact- I will always remember when the stars fell around me lifting me
up around the George Washington Bridge. Starts with a fact.
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• Setting the mood- Set the mood and emotional feel about the book. Place and
time. Most used leads.
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• Exclamatory-One word with an exclamation point ! Go! Stop! Leave!
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• Dialogue- Amazing piece of dialogue in the story. Find a piece from your story that
you think is good.
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• Climactic- Take one of the first obstacles and then you can flash back. Start at the
climax of the story.

8. What is a lead?
• What is a lead?
• Leads are crafted, you have to learn.
• The first sentence in a story
• Makes it interesting
• Hooks the reader
• Introduce the book
• Emotional tie
• Vivid words, good description
• They flash pictures in your mind with concrete details
• The best lead puts you right in the middle of something
happening. Action!

9. How to study
• To study you should practice practice practice
by reviewing this power point, memorizing
pronouns, knowing definitions and knowing
what a lead is.
• There will be no surprises and the test will be
about 50 points

10. GOOD LUCK
Study Tips
• Be prepared
• Know everything on this PowerPoint
• Study
• Practice
• Make practice tests
• Don’t stress!