Multiple Choice
This part of the test will always indicate the text type.
What are the directions.
The directions will always use a word like article or story to indicate the text type.
This is the amount of points that a short response question is worth.
What is 2 points?
This is the number of texts that the extended response is about.
What is two?
This word means to change or influence someone or something.
What is to impact?
This is what "CCCSTT" stands for.
What is Character, Conflict, Change, Setting, Theme, Tone?
This word indicates that the text is informational.
What is article or document or passage?
This is the strategy that Ms. Hanson and Mrs. Crowe suggest using for the short response.
What is A.D.D.E.?
This is the number of points that the extended response is worth.
What is four points?
This word means to create, build up, or improve.
What is to develop?
This is an example of an opposition transition.
What is "as opposed to", "in a different way", "but" "in spite of", "however" or "although"?
This word in the directions indicates that the text is narrative.
What is story poem or passage?
This is what A.D.D.E. stands for?
What is Answer, Detail, Detail, and Explanation?
TRUE or FALSE: I should include an introduction sentence and a concluding sentence in my extended response.
What is TRUE!
This word means a part of or section of a larger or longer text.
What is an excerpt?
The meaning of the word "pondering" in the example sentence below.
"Even if you don't get to witness the great cicada awakening, it's worth pondering the phenomenon."
What is to think about, to study, or to consider?
This is one strategy that I can use to help answer multiple choice questions.
What is read the questions first, annotating, quick summary, or cover and write?
These are symbols I should DEFINITELY use in my short response.
What are quotation marks?
I can use the planning page for this before writing my extended response.
What is create an outline, plan my response and gather evidence?
This word describes the feeling or attitude of the text; Quite literally the author's attitude about the topic.
What is tone?
The central idea for the short story below.
Maria's mom asked her to go to the store to buy milk and bread. She gave Maria money and said to be sure to bring back change. Maria wasn't listening, she was texting her friend back. When Maria came home with milk, Takis, and soda, but no change, her mother was very upset.
What is Maria needs to learn to listen to her mother?
This is one last thing I should do before I decide I'm finished with the multiple choice section of the test.
What is check the answer key and make sure I have filled in one and only one bubble for each question.
True or False: I should restate the question in my own words when answering a short response question.
What is false?
This is an acronym that I can use to plan my extended response.
What is "T - A.D.D.E - A.D.D.E. - C"
(Thesis - Answer, Detail, Detail, Explanation - Answer, Detail, Detail, Explanation - Conclusion)
What is "IT - ToSEEEEC - ToSEEEEC - C?"
(Intro, Thesis - Topic Statement, Evidence Elaboration, Evidence, Elaboration (x2) - Conclusion)
The meaning of the word "contribute" based on the sentence below.
How does line 32 contribute to the central idea of the story?
What is to add to or develop?
This is the central idea AND the tone of the poem below:
Mama was never good at pictures.
Behind the camera: the snapshots are blurry,
The angles dizzy as a spin on the merry go round. But we had fun when mama picked up the camera.
Each of us laughed hard. Can you see? I have candy in my mouth.
The Central Idea:
What is even though mama is not good at taking pictures, her family loves her and the pictures she takes.
The Tone:
What a is funny, humorous, or playful tone?