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Regents

100

What are the three sections of the ELA Regents?

MC, Task 2 Argumentative essay, Text Analysis/Central Idea essay

200

What time is your ELA Regents?

9:15 AM

300

What is the highest score you can achieve on the Task 2 and what is the highest score you can achieve on the Task 3 essay?

6 and 4

400

How many texts must you cite from on the Argumentative essay and what is the highest score you can achieve if you do NOT cite from the required amount?

3 and 3

500

What does CITED stand for?

AND

What is a starter sentence for the argumentative essay?

Central Idea, Title and author, Element or Device\

and

There is much debate about whether or not... (or something similar)

Grammar & Vocabulary

100

Which sentence needs an apostrophe for the word "students"?

All students must take the Regents.

The students score was 90.

The student's score was 90.

200

Which there their they're should be used?

__________ on the way home from school.

They're

300

What does vendetta mean AND what part of speech is it?

A long term disagreement- noun

400

What does consort mean, and what part of speech is it?

To hang out with- verb

500

What is a comma splice and how can you fix it?

The misuse of a comma to separate two full sentences. You can separate with a period, separate with a semi colon, or keep the comma and add an ANBOYS conjunction.

Literary Techniques

100

What are the four types of conflict?

Man vs. self

Man vs. man

Man vs. nature

Man vs. society

200

Which literary technique warns readers of something that will occur later on in the story?

Foreshadowing

300

If an object is mentioned in a story, it is most likely an important_________

Symbol

400

What are the three types of irony?

Verbal, Situational, Dramatic

500

What are the three types of point of view and how are readers able to recognize each type?

1st person- narrator uses "I"

2nd person- narrator uses "you"

3rd person - narrator uses "he" or "she"

Random Knowledge

100

In your own words, explain what Shakespeare's message on his gravestone meant.

Anyone who moves his bones will be cursed

200

What was a pharmacist called during Elizabethan times?

Apothecary

300

What was the name of the poem we read by Langston Hughes that compared life to a staircase?

Mother to Son

400

Who is the author of Flowers for Algernon?

Daniel Keyes

500

What part of Russia were authors sent to when they criticized the government?

Siberia

Classroom Gossip

100

Explain what disasters (2)  occurred when Ms. Shaw went to Spain.

Broke bone in back and got robbed

200

Which celebrity does Ms. Shaw refer to as her "husband"?

Eminem

300

What did Emily compare love to in her metaphor poem?

Favorite pair of sneakers

400

What was Antonio most excited about wearing when asked a few weeks ago what his weekend plans were?

A three piece suit. 

500

Where did Jaleaa say a mentally disabled girl wanted to fight her?

McDonalds