OER
Essay
Lit. Terms
Revising and Editing
True/False
100
What does your response need in order to score a 2?
A reasonable answer and an appropriate quote.
100
What score would you earn if you cuss in your essay?
A ZERO
100
This literary term makes comparisons using LIKE or AS; and it should be used in your essay.
What is a simile?
100
When should you start the Revising and Editing portion of the test and why?
The Revising and Editing portion of the test should be taken last; once that section is open you can no longer have a dictionary.
100
You should review the questions before taking the test ,and write the OER questions above the appropriate story?
TRUE This way you can actively read.
200
Doing this will cancel out your answer and you will score a 1.
Having an answer that echoes the quote.
200
What six key elements does your narrative essay need?
1.Hook (Introduction), 2. Characters, 3. Setting, 4. Conflict (Body), 5. Resolution, 6. Theme (ending)
200
A conversation between two or more characters. What is at the beginning and end of a character's comments?
What is dialogue. Quotation Marks
200
Todays' my birthday!" susan exclaimed. "my baby girl are growing up," her mom sighed.
"Today's my birthday!" Susan exclaimed. "My baby girl is growing up," her mom sighed.
200
You do not have to worry about getting enough sleep the day before the test.
FALSE
300
How do you answer the Crossover OER question? What should you always do for your evidence?
Answer the question and provide evidence from both stories. You should always make it clear where the quote is coming from, by providing the name of the person or the name of the story.
300
How should you start your essay? Hint: 4 ways
Dialogue, Sound Effects, Descriptions, Narrator's Feelings
300
This words makes comparisons by stating someone IS something else. Sometimes using the word IS and ARE
What is a metaphor
300
What form of punctuation should be used when using dialogue?
Quotations
300
You must score at least a 1 on your composition to pass the TAKS test.
FALSE, because if you do not score at least a 2 on the composition then you will fail the ENTIRE test.
400
Your evidence should always be in what form?
A Quote
400
Your essay should have all the parts to the Plot Diagram. Draw and label a Plot Diagram
Beginning - Rising Action - Climax - Falling Action - Conclusion and Somewhere on page: Conflict - Characters - Setting
400
When human characteristics are given to an inanimate object.
What is personification?
400
The boy loved his brown dog, he thought he was the best thing in the world. What is the proper way to rewrite the preceding sentence?
The boy loved his brown dog; he thought he was the best thing in the world.
400
A crossover question only needs 1 piece of evidence, along with 1 idea to score a 2 or 3.
FALSE, because you must provide 1 sufficient idea, along with 1 sufficient piece of evidence from passage 1 and 1 sufficient piece of evidence from passage 2.
500
When is it okay to paraphrase? When will paraphrasing earn you a score point of 1?
It's okay to pharaphrase when you have an appropriate quote in the answer. Parahprasing will earn you a score point of a 1 when you only have paraphrasing.
500
If you completed the Editing and Revising part of your test and then start your Essay, can you use a dictionary? Why, or why not?
No, because your Editing and Revising test seal is open.
500
A word meaning that incorporates sound effects.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
The summary of a passage should include which 3 main components?
The introduction, body and conclusion.
500
You are the best students in Edison.
TRUE, because you are brilliant, young scholars.
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