DIY Reference Sheet
This is a sentence starter to introduce evidence.
In paragraph ___ the text states, "QUOTE."
Before you choose an answer for a multiple choice question, you should ALWAYS do this:
What is CHECK THE TEXT for evidence that supports your answer.
Your short response answers should include this many details from the text.
What is 2 DIRECT QUOTES.
What are multiple choice, short response, extended response questions?
This is the perspective a narrator or author in a text (the person telling the story).
What is the perspective or point of view (POV)?
This is the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
What is fiction is fake or imagined, and nonfiction is real?
You should start your conclusion with this phrase. (Transition words)
What is, In conclusion?
To write a claim, do this.
Restate the question using keywords. Answer the question.
You should always use CEER to answer short response questions. The letters in CEER stand for these four words.
Claim, Evidence, Evidence, Reasoning
This is a sentence starter for reasoning or justification.
This quote shows that...
This quote is important because ...
This quote supports the idea that...
This is the term for giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
This is the author's main belief, argument, or perspective on a topic or subject.
What is the author's claim or central idea?
If you're stuck on a question and it's taking a long time to answer it, you should do this.
What is bookmark it, move on with the test, and return to it after you finish the rest of the test?
How many paragraphs should you write for your extended response essay?
What are FOUR (4) (intro, body paragraph 1, body paragraph 2, conclusion)
This is what you should do with your scratch paper for the ELA exam.
What is create my own DIY reference sheet, or at least the sentence frames for CEER.
If you are asked to arrange something in chronological order, it means THIS.
What is time order?
This is what you should do if a question asks you to look at a specific paragraph number.
Highlight the paragraph, reread the paragraph, then answer the question.
Your conclusion should contain these two things.
What is RESTATE CLAIM and CALL TO ACTION.
This is the outline for an extended response essay question (what you are going to write on your scrap paper).
Intro - Hook, TAG, Thesis Claim
CEER - article 1 or similarities or problem
CEER - article 2 or differences or solution
Conclusion - Restate Claim, Call to Action
Define the following 3 terms:
-Resolution
-Foreshadowing
-Protagonist
What is:
-The conclusion or end of a text
-A hint or clue about what will happen later in a text
-The main character of a text
This is an educated guess based on evidence.
What is an inference?
Use THESE to help you figure out the meaning of any unfamiliar words in a text.
What are context clues?
These three things belong in the introduction of an essay.
What are the Hook, TAG, and Thesis Claim?