PLACEMENT TESTS
In order to help you decide where to place your student within the series, we offer Placement Tests. Begin evaluation using the Placement Test for the current grade level of your student. Proceed, moving forward or backward in grade levels, until you determine the best placement for your student. In addition, viewing the scope and sequence and sample lessons at the various grade levels will assist you in the placement of your student.
**We offer only one Gold Placement Test. If your student scores well on the Placement, he should do well in either the Gold Book – World Literature, the Gold Book - American Literature, or The Gold Book - British Literature.
Scope & Sequencing
Blue 1st Grade
Phonics / Spelling auditory discrimination - beginning sounds - blends - consonant sounds - decoding new words - ending sounds - long vowel sounds - short vowel sounds - sight words - silent e - vowel pairs - word families Reading character development - context clues - compound words - comprehension - describing characters - dialogue - drawing conclusions - following directions - inferences - left to right progression - maps - moral of a story - oral reading - plot - poetry - predicting outcome - reading aloud - recalling detail - retelling story - rhyme - setting - types of stories Grammar adjectives - alphabet - alphabetical order - antonyms - apostrophes - capitalization - exclamation marks - homonyms - nouns - periods - plurals - possessive nouns - proper nouns - punctuation - synonyms - verbs Composition composing sentences - composing paragraphs - composing stories - letter writing - narration - narration based on a picture - writing sentences Research and Study Skills dictionary - encyclopedia - library - map skills - parts of a book: title page, table of contents, author, illustrator, publisher - reference skills - research - thesaurus - verifying information Higher Order Thinking Skills alphabetical order - categorizing - compare and contrast - context clues - describing - details - drawing conclusions - evaluation of a story - fact and opinion - following directions - grouping - inferences - interpreting illustrations - making a list - matching - memorization - ordinal sequencing - patterns - personal application - predicting outcome - real and make-believe - story recall - sequencing Creative Expression charades - choral reading - coloring - drama - drawing - illustrating sentences - illustrating stories - making a book - memory game - narrating from a picture - puppets - telling a story Penmanship drawing shapes - lower case letters manuscript - upper case letters manuscript - punctuation - numbers - sentences
Red 2nd Grade
Phonics long vowel sounds - review first grade phonics - r-controlled vowels: ar, ear, er, ir, ur - root words - short vowel sounds - sounds of: au, augh, aw, ay, ea, ee, ei, ew, ie, oi, oo, or, ou, ough, ow, oy, ue, ui - sounds of: al, ch, el, le, nd, sh, th, tion, ture, war, wor - sounds of : a, c, g, s, y - silent consonant in: ck, dge, gn, igh, kn, mb, ph, tch, wh, ur - syllabication - suffix sounds - words families Spelling copy words - games - how to study words - puzzles - review phonics - spelling tips - suffix Reading cause and effect - character development - compound words - comprehension -context clues - dialogue - discussion of context - drawing conclusions - facts - fiction - illustrations - main idea - non-fiction - onomatopoeia - opinion - oral reading - ordinal numbers - plot poetry - poetry - reading aloud - real and make-believe - recalling detail - rhyme - setting - summary - syllables Grammar adjectives - alphabetical order - antonyms - apostrophes - articles - capitalization - commas - common noun - comparative adjective - conjunctions - contractions - days of the week - declarative sentences - exclamation marks - exclamatory sentences - homonyms - hyphen - interrogative sentences - irregular nouns - months of the year - nouns - number words - past tense - periods - plural nouns - possessive nouns - predicate - prefix: un - present tense - pronouns - proper nouns - question marks - quotation marks - singular noun - subject - suffixes: ed,er,est,ful,ing,ly,y - superlative adjectives - synonyms - verbs Composition address - copying literature - creative writing - dates - descriptive writing - editing - invitations - letter writing - list - narration - paragraph - recording information - report - writing from dictation Research and Study Skills atlas - dictionary - encyclopedia - library - map - parts of a book - parts of a story - survey - thesaurus - time line Higher Order Thinking Skills alphabetical order - calendar - categorizing - compare and contrast - context clues - describing - details - drawing conclusions - evaluation of a story - following directions - grouping - inferences - interpreting illustrations - making a list - matching - memorization - ordinal sequencing - patterns - personal application - predicting outcome - real and make-believe - retelling a story - story recall - sequencing Creative Expression / Games book making - bingo - calendar - card making - diorama - drama - illustrating - interpreting illustrations - poetry - nature walk - oral presentation - pantomime - plays - puppetry - riddles Penmanship lower case letters manuscript - upper case letters manuscript - numbers - punctuation - sentences
Yellow 3rd Grade
Phonics root words - sounds of: igh, ed, er, ar, or, le, el, al, ng, tion, kn - suffixes - syllables Spelling copy words - how to study words - review activity - spelling tips: al, ai, ar, ay, ea, ear, ee, el, er, ew, ie, igh, ir, kn, le, oi, oo, or, ou, ough, ow, ue, ur, wh, wr - weekly word lists Reading base or root words - biography - cause and effect - characters - chart reading - choral reading - compare and contrast - compound words - comprehension - discussion of content - fact and opinion - fiction - figurative language - lines of play - main idea - non-fiction - optional literature links on: The White Stallion, Madeline, Meet George Washington, The Courage of Sarah Noble - plays - poetry - predicting outcome - recalling detail - rhyme - similes - suffixes - syllables - vocabulary Grammar antonyms - adjectives - adverbs - antonym - apostrophes - articles - capitalization - colon - commas - comparative adjectives - complete sentences - compound subjects - conjunctions - contractions - declarative sentences - determiners - homonyms - irregular words - nouns - parentheses - past tense - periods - plural nouns - plural possessive nouns - possessive nouns - predicate - present tense - pronouns - proper nouns - quotation marks - quotations - singular nouns - singular possessive nouns - subjects - suffix: ed, er, ful, ing - synonyms - verbs Composition copying literature - descriptive writing - editing - envelope - friendly letter - indentations - journaling - list making - main idea - paragraph - phrases - report - sentences - similes - title - verse - writing from dictation Research and Study Skills alphabetical order - charts and graphs - dictionary - encyclopedia - library - map skills - newspaper - telephone book - research skills - thesaurus - time line Higher Order Thinking Skills alphabetical order - cause and effect - compare and contrast - directions (N,S,E,W) - drawing conclusions - following directions - graphs and charts - listening skills - matching - memorization - reporting - retelling a story - same and different - sequencing Creative Expression / Games choral reading - codes - collage - drama - illustrating - match-ups - oral presentation - pantomime - plays - poetry - puzzles - riddles Penmanship beginning cursive—lower case letters - beginning cursive—upper case letters - connecting cursive letters
Orange 4th Grade
Spelling adding suffixes to words ending in: silent e,y,ch,sh,s,z,x - copy words - how to study words - spelling tips: ch,dge,ear,er,ie,ir,ou,ow,sh, tch,ur - words ending with: ss,ff,zz - vowel rules Reading a Book Study Unit on: Boxcar Children, Wright Brothers, Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin By His Good Mouse Amos, The Sign of the Beaver - antonyms autobiography - biography - cause and effect - character sketch - comprehension - discussion of content - homonyms - parts of a story - poetry - recalling detail - silent / oral reading - similes - syllables - synonyms - vocabulary Grammar abbreviations - action verbs - adjectives - adjectives in comparison - adverbs - antecedents - antonyms - apostrophes - articles - base or root words - capitalization - commas - common nouns - complete sentences - complete subjects - compound sentences - compound subjects - compound verbs - conjunctions - contraction - dates - exclamation marks - fragment - helping verbs - homonyms - initials - interjections - irregular verbs - nouns - periods - plural nouns - plural possessive nouns - predicate - preposition - prepositional phrase - pronouns - proper nouns - question marks - quotations - simple subjects - singular nouns - singular possessive nouns - suffixes - title of a book - verbs - verb phrases - verb tenses Composition advertisements - bibliography - book making - business letter - character sketch - copying literature - descriptive writing - dialogue - editing - envelopes - first person - friendly letter - indention - journals - list writing - map making - newsletter - note taking - paragraph - poetry - report writing - sentences - sentence types - story writing - summary - writing an ad - writing directions - writing from dictation Research and Study Skills advertisements - alphabetical order - atlas - decision making - dictionary - encyclopedia - following directions - guide words - interview - library - map study - newspaper - note-taking - parts of a book - poetry memorization - research skills - table of contents - thesaurus Higher Order Thinking Skills compare and contrast - decision making - fact and opinion - following directions - sequencing events - decision making - memorization Creative Expression book making - illustrating poetry - recitation - rhyme - rhythm - story writing - writing an ad - writing poetry— cinquain, concrete, couplet, haiku, limerick, prose Penmanship copying passages - writing final drafts
Purple 5th Grade
Spelling adding suffixes - copying words - plurals of irregular words - plurals of words ending in: ch,f,fe,o,s,sh,x,y,z - spelling tips: ai,ck,ear,el,er,gh, gn,ie,igh,ir,kn,le,ou,ough,ow,sion,tion,ture,ur,wor - words ending in f,l,s,z - studying words - syllabication - vowel pairs: ai,ie,ou,ow Reading a Book Study Unit on: Farmer Boy, Trumpet of the Swan, Number the Stars, Caddie Woodlawn - accent - biography - character sketch - characters - choral reading - compound words - conclusion - conflict - drawing conclusions - dialect - exaggeration - facts - figurative language - folk tale - introduction - legend - meter - opinion - plot - poetry - point of view - problem solving - quotations - comprehension - rhyme - rhyme scheme - root or base words - setting - similes - skim and scan - solution - summary - super human qualities - supporting sentences - syllables - tall tale - topic - topic sentences - vocabulary Grammar action verbs - adjectives - adverbs - antecedents - antonyms - apostrophes - base or root words - being verbs - capitalization - commas - common nouns - comparative adjectives - complete predicate - complete sentences - complete subjects - compound sentences - compound subjects - compound verbs - conjunctions - contractions - dates - declarative sentences - direct address - double negative - exclamation marks - exclamatory sentences - fragment - helping verbs - homonyms - hyphen interjections - interrogative sentences - irregular verbs - irregular words - italics - nouns - number words - past tense - periods - plural possessive nouns - plural nouns - plurals of irregular words - prefix - possessive nouns - prefix - preposition - present tense - pronouns - proper nouns - question marks - quotations - regular verbs - simple subjects - singular nouns - singular possessive nouns - suffixes - underlining - verbs - verb phrases - verb tense Composition copying literature - character sketch - descriptive writing - dialogue writing - editing - envelope - exaggeration - figurative language - indentation - letter writing - list making - outlines - paragraph - parts of a letter - reporting - rhyme - summary - supporting sentences - tall tales - topic - topic sentences - writing poetry - writing from dictation Research and Study Skills atlas - Bible references - dictionary - encyclopedia - family tree - globe - guide words - interview - list making - newspaper - outline - proofreading - reporting - research - skim and scan - thesaurus - time line Higher Order Thinking Skills analogy - decision making - directions - facts - memorization - narration - opinion - sequencing events Creative Expression / Games choral reading - family tree - interviewing - memorizing - meter - poetry - rhyme - role playing - scheme - speech making Penmanship copying passages - writing final drafts
Tan 6th Grade
Spelling adding suffixes -able,ance,ant,ence,ent,ible,sion,tion - adding prefixes - compound words - contractions - copy words - double consonants - plurals of irregular words - plural rules - spelling rules for: ck,dg,ear,er,gn,ie,igh,ir,kn,ou,ough,ow,ur,wor,wr - spelling rules for changing: f to v, y to i, - studying words - syllabication Reading a Book Study on: Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, The Bronze Bow, Big Red, The Horse and His Boy - alliteration - autobiography - biography - bound base - choral reading - climax - comprehension - conflict - context clues - couplet - dialect - dialogue - discussing content - duolog - end rhyme - etymology - exposition - fable - falling action - fiction - first person - foreshadowing - free base - internal rhyme - irony - mood - narrator - news story - personification - plot - poetry - point of view - prose - reciting poetry - repetition - resolution - rhyme scheme - rising action - second person speech - stanza - syllables - third person - topic sentences - triplet - vocabulary - words analogy Grammar adjectives - adverbs - antecedents - antonyms - apostrophes - articles - being verbs - capitalization - colon - commas - common nouns - comparative adjectives - complete predicate - complete sentences - complete subjects - compound sentences - compound subjects - compound verbs - compound words - conjunctions - contraction - declarative sentences - dependent clause - direct address - direct object - direct quotation - double negative - exclamation marks - exclamatory sentences - fragment - helping verbs - homonyms - hyphen - imperative sentences - independent clause - interjections - interrogative sentences - irregular verbs - linking verbs - nouns - object of the preposition - parts of speech - periods - possessive nouns - possessive pronouns - predicate adjectives - prefix - preposition - prepositional phrase - principal parts of verbs - pronouns - proper nouns - question marks - quotation marks - regular verbs - semicolon - simile - simple predicate - simple subjects - subject/verb agreement - suffixes - superlative adjectives - syllables - synonyms - titles - transitional words - underlining - verbs - verbs phrase - verbs tense Composition advertisement - bibliography - biography - business letter - caricature - character sketch - circle words picture - closing paragraph - closing sentences- creative writing - dialogue - duolog - essay - figurative language - first draft - first person - friendly letter - journal - main idea - mood - news story - opening paragraph - outline - paragraph - paraphrase - personification - plagiarism - poetry - prose - research - similes - summary - supporting detail - supporting sentences - thesis statement - titles - topic - topic sentences - types of sentences - writing a fable - writing dialogue - writing instructions Research and Study Skills alphabetical order - Bible translation - Caldecott Award - Dewey decimal system - dictionary - encyclopedia - etymology - illustration - interview - library - map skills - Newbery Award - news story - organizing thought - research - sequence - thesaurus - timeline High Order Thinking Skills analogies - circle word pictures - conducting a research - context clues - giving directions - memorization Creative Expression creative writing - oral presentation - poetry Penmanship copying passages - final drafts
Green 7th Grade
Spelling adding s to words: ending in o,f,fe - adding suffixes - compound words - copy words - double consonant rules - spelling tips: ck, dge, ew, ff, gn, ie, kn, ll, sion, ss, tion, ture, ue, zz Reading a Book Study Unit on: Star of Light, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Much Ado About Nothing - accent - analogy - Base or root words - book reports - character development - cinquain - cliché - climax - comedy and tragedy - comprehension - conflict - dialogue - diamante - fact - figurative language - haiku - historical fiction - imagery - implied metaphor - internal rhyme - limerick - malapropism - map skills - memorization - metaphor - mood - narration - opinion - personification - persuasive - arguments - plot - Psalms - recitation - rhyme scheme - rhythmic foot - setting - similes - suffixes - syllables Grammar abbreviations - adjectives - adjectives phrase - adverbs - adverb phrases - antecedents - apostrophes - articles - being verbs - capitalization - commas - common and proper nouns - comparative adjectives - complete predicate - complete subjects - compound modifiers - compound phrases - compound sentences - compound subjects - compound verbs - conjunctions - dependent clause - determining direct object - diagramming - dialogue - dictionary - direct object - exclamation marks - gerund - graphs - guide words - helping verbs - hyphen - homonyms - indirect object - infinitive - initials - interjections - intransitive verbs - irregular nouns - irregular verbs linking verbs - map skills - nouns - number words - object of the preposition - participle phrases - periods - plural possessive nouns - possessive pronouns - predicate adjectives -predicate nominative - preposition - prepositional phrases - pronouns - qualifiers - question marks - quotations - regular verbs - sentences - simple sentences - simple subjects - singular possessive nouns - split quotation - superlative adjectives - titles - transitive verbs - verbs - verbs phrase- verbs tense Composition analogy - bibliography - book review - character sketch - characters - climax - conflict - contrast - drafts: first and final - editing - first person - graphs - introduction - mood - narration - note-taking - outline - paragraph - persuasive writing - plot - poetry - point of view - pre-writing - research - resolution - revising - second person - setting theme - supporting sentences - synonyms - theme - thesis statement - third person - title page - topic - topic sentences - transitional words Research and Study Skills bibliography - encyclopedia - outline - research - thesaurus Higher Order Thinking Skills charts - family tree - graphs - memorization - timeline - understanding sentence parts Creative Expression clichés - imagery - oral presentation - poetry: cinquain, diamante, free verse, haiku, limerick, meter, structural poem personification - recitation - rhyme scheme - similes Penmanship copying passages -writing final drafts
Grey 8th Grade
Spelling copying words - spelling rules - studying words Reading a Book Study Unit on: Daddy Long Legs, A Lantern in Her Hand, Eric Liddell, God's Smuggler - alliteration - assonance - cliché - comparing - comprehension - consonance - figurative language - historical fiction - literature appreciation - metaphor - meter - narration - persons - 1st 2nd 3rd - poetry appreciation - prose - rhyme scheme - roots - similes - silent/oral reading - suffixes - vocabulary Grammar action verbs - adjective clauses - adjectives - adverbs - adverb clauses - antecedents - antonyms - apostrophes - articles - capitalization - commas - common nouns - comparative adjectives - complement - complete predicate - complete sentences - complete subjects - compound predicate nominative - compound sentences - conjunctions - coordinating conjunctions - declarative sentences - demonstrative pronouns - dependent clause - direct object - exclamatory sentences - gerunds - helping verbs - imperative sentences - incomplete sentences - independent clause - indirect object -infinitive phrases - infinitives - interrogative pronouns - interrogative sentences - intransitive verbs - introductory phrase - irregular verbs - linking verbs - nouns clause - nouns - object of a preposition - objective pronouns - parenthetical phrase - participial phrase - participles - personal pronouns - persons - 1st 2nd 3rd - plural nouns - possessive nouns - possessive pronouns - predicate - predicate adjectives - predicate nominative - preposition- prepositional phrase - problem words - pronouns - proper nouns - punctuation - quotations - regular verbs - relative pronouns - semicolon - sentence length - simple predicate - simple subjects - speech tags - subjects - subjective pronouns - subordinating conjunctions - synonyms - transitive verbs - types of sentences - verbs - verbs tenses Composition alliteration - autobiography - biblical fiction - biography - business letter - cause and effect paper - character sketch - cinquain - combining sentences - compare and contrast paper - comparison - cover sheet - descriptive paragraph - developing a writing plan - diamante - final draft - first draft - formal and informal writing - friendly letter - interviews - limerick - metaphors - modeling poetry - narrative paper - narrative paragraph - non-standard English - ordinal numbers - paraphrase - parts of a letter - persuasive paper - proof reading - reports - research paper - revision - riddle poems - sentence construction - standard English - structural poetry - supporting an opinion - thesis statement - topic outline - topic sentences - types of sentences - writing a story with a moral - writing dialogue Research and Study Skills bibliography - concordance - encyclopedia - gathering sources - interviewing - listening skills - memorization - note-taking - outlines - research - revision - writing plan Higher Order Thinking Skills memorization - outline - vocabulary study - word parts Creative Expression creative writing - poetry - prose Penmanship copy passages - final draft
Gold World Highschool
Reading Skills/Short Stories Early literature: myths, folktales, fairytales, fables, African proverbs and dilemma tales, parables - The Analects - The Pillow Book - The Epic of Gilgamesh Epic Poetry: The Odyssey - The Mahabharata/The Ramayana - The Aeneid - Beowulf - The Song of Roland - The Nibelungenlied Medieval/Renaissance: The Thousand and One Nights - The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyyam - Canterbury Tales - Romeo and Juliet - Don Quixote Enlightenment/Romanticism: Pilgrim’s Progress - The Divine Comedy - Gulliver’s Travels - Faust, Book One - Doctor Faustus -The Devil and Tom Walker - The Picture of Dorian Gray - Les Miserables - The Importance of Being Earnest - The Short Story - 20th Century: The Little Prince - Cry the Beloved Country critical thinking - predicting outcomes - metaphor - simile - alliteration - parallelism - flashback - frame story - foreshadowing - narration - theme - paraphrase - soliloquy - oral reading - satire - hyperbole - verbal irony - parody - allegory - motif - protagonist - antagonist - dues ex machine - comedy of manners play - epigram - pun - characters - setting - theme - plot - plot line - conflict - point of view - first/third person - objective/limited/omniscient - stream of consciousness - climax - exposition - rising action - falling action - resolution (denouement) - summary - novella - Christ figure - epilogue Composition Argument and persuasion - prewriting - topic sentence - editing - compare and contrast - epic story writing - creative writing - newspaper article - writing poetry - paraphrase - character sketch - summary - book report Poetry The great hymn of the Aten - Rig Veda - The Book of Songs - tanka Poetry - haiku - lyric poetry - ghazal - sonnets - consonance - assonance - pivot words - meter - metrical pattern - feet - ode - epics - Homeric simile - rhyme scheme - caesura - kenning - laisses - quatrain - personification - iambic pentameter - blank verse - tercets
Gold American Highschool
Reading Skills/Short Stories Great American Short Stories - Wallace and Mary Stegner - The Mentor Book of Major American Poets - Oscar Williams and Edwin Honig - The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway - The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane - The Pearl - John Steinbeck - character study - conflict - flat characters - round characters - crisis - outlines - elements of fiction - setting - plot - foreshadowing - irony - themes - outcome - supporting your answer - point of view - first person narrative - omniscient author - third person objective - main character - interpretation - allegory - figurative meaning - novella - character development - plot development - topics - reference books - stream-of-consciousness - compare and contrast - comparison Essays rhetorical techniques - compare and contrast - extended definitions - argument and persuasion - expository writing - research papers - topics - subtopics - conclusions - coherence - transitional devices - concluding paragraphs - introductory paragraph - evidence - first body paragraphs - outlines - supportive topics - thesis statements Poetry personification - imagery - metaphors - comparisons - similes - syntax and form - moods - sonnets - iambic pentameter - sestets - tercets - quatrains - topics - stanzas - rhyme groups - abstractions - symbolism
Gold Bristish Highschool
Reading Skills/Short Stories Frankenstein - Mary Wollencroft Shelley - Emma - Jane Austen - A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens - The Time Machine - H.G. Wells - Animal Farm - George Orwell Poetry A British Poetry Anthology - British Poets - Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Hopkins, - Hardy, Eliot, Owen, Graves - abstract - archaism - blank verse - Classical sonnet - closed couplet - commentary - concrete - couplet - dialect - diction - dramatization - enjambment - free verse - heroic couplet - history of poetry - iamb - iambic pentameter - image - line - metaphor - meter - modern age - octave - onomatopoeia - personification - Petrarchan sonnet - primitivism - quatrain - rhyme - romanticism - romantic period - run-on - sentimentalism - sestet - Shakespearean sonnet - simile - sonnet - sprung rhythm - stanza - stream-of-consciousness - symbol - syntax - Victorian period - villanelle Composition body paragraph - book report - compare and contrast essay - concluding paragraph - introductory paragraph - outline - poetry interpretation essay - supporting sentence - thesis statement - topic sentence
Gold Literary Criticism Highschool
Reading Skills/Short Stories, Books, Plays, Essays Short stories: The Handsomest Drowned Man (Marquez), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Fitzgerald), The Lady or the Tiger Stockton), The Three Questions (Tolstoy), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Irving), The Bet (Chekhov), The Story of an Hour (Chopin), Interlopers (Saki), The Door in the Wall (Wells), Beyond Lies the Wub (Dick). The Nightingale and the Rose (Wilde), The Yellow Wallpaper (Gilman), The Man Who Would be King (Kipling), Everyday Use (Walker), 2BR02B (Vonnegut), The Man Who Planted Trees (Giono), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Thurber), The Pit and the Pendulum (Poe), The Fly (Mansfield), The Most Dangerous Game (Connell) Books: Tuesdays With Morey (Albom), Starship Troopers (Heinlein), The Trial (Kafka), The Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas) Plays: Pygmalion (Shaw), Macbeth (Shakespeare) Essays: Faith and Fiction (Buechner), A Presidential Candidate (Twain) Writing Literary criticism: Focus on the Reader, Focus on the Author, Focus on the Culture, Society, History, Focus on the Work, Focus on Poetry, Focus on Satire, formalism – moralism – narrative; five-paragraph essay- five-page essay - ten-page essay – memoir – outlining – research – thesis statement – topic sentences – Work Cited page – Citing – MLA – plagiarism – paraphrase – rough draft – editing – introductory paragraph – rough draft – proofreading – format – college essay – memoir – passive/active voice – biography – autobiography – memoir – annotated bibliography – satire – irony – dramatic irony – situational irony- verbal irony – hyperbole – sarcasm – showing/telling – theme – stream of consciousness – block quote – plot Poetry close reading – alliteration – allusions – assonance – cluster criticism – conceit – consonance – diction – free verse – imagery – internal rhymes – metaphor – meter – mood – onomatopoeia – personification – rhyme scheme – symbolism – tone