Multiple Choice
Before trying to answer the question, what is a strategy you should use while reading the question?
Annotating the key words and phrases
The amount of paragraphs you need to an extended response
Four!
What should you do immediately when you see a short response question, before you even read the question?
Write ADDE on the side.
What is the central message/lesson in a literary (fictional) work?
Theme
Before we read, we preview a text. What are two key things we do when we preview?
- Read the directions
-Read the introduction
-Preview (title, captions, pictures, etc)
- Identify the genre
- Think: What do I expect to see in this genre?
When using Process of Elimination (POE), what two symbols should you use in your test booklet? What does each symbol mean?
Two Dots: possible answer choices
Two X's: Definitely not the answer choice
The number of quotes or pieces of evidence (details) you should use in EACH body paragraph?
At least one piece of evidence per body paragraph.
** However having two pieces of evidence per body paragraph will improve your essay**
What does ADDE stand for?
Answer
Detail
Detail
Explain (Analysis)
When and where the story takes place.
Setting
What acronym do we use when reading an article? What does it stand for?
III:
Individual, Idea, Impact
If you do not use Process of Elimination (POE), what chance do you have of getting the question right?
25%
Name three important elements that should be included in your introduction.
Title
Author
Claim (Answer)
Context
What should you do if you run out of room on a short response question?
CLEARLY LABEL!
Put a star and write (*Continued on page _)
On the page where you continue- put a star and write (*Question _ Continued)
***IF IT IS NOT CLEARLY LABELED IT WILL NOT BE GRADED***
Identify one use of personification
in the poem and explain why it’s personification:
"Have you got a brook in your little heart,
Where bashful flowers blow,
And blushing birds go down to drink,
And shadows tremble so?"
bashful flowers/ blushing birds / (OR) shadows tremble
Personification: figurative language where a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
What acronym do we use when reading a story? What does it stand for?
CCCSTT
Character
Conflict
Change
Setting
Tone/Mood
Theme
After going back in the text to find evidence for your response, what should you do before you read the multiple choice answer options?
Cover the answers with your hand and write the answer in your own words.
List three elements that are in each body paragraph.
Reason
Evidence
Analysis
context
Transition Phrases
What are TWO transitional phrases to use when you are explaining (analyzing) your evidence?
This shows...
This clearly shows...
This illustrates...
What is the FEELING that the writing creates in the reader?
Mood
What is central idea?
The main idea/point that the author is trying to get across to the reader.
Jenny has used all of the multiple choice strategies that she learned in ELA, but she still doesn’t know the answer to question number 3. She skips the question and tells herself that she might return to it later. What did Jenny do wrong? What could she have done to prevent this problem?
Circling/starring the question to remind herself to come back to it!
LEAVING IT BLANK!
List two compare transition phrases and two contrast transition phrases.
Compare: both, similarly, in the same way, likewise,
Contrast: Unlike, on the other hand, on the contrary, in contrast
How many points can you get if you ATTEMPT answering a short response question and include one piece of relevant evidence?
At least one (1) point!
What is the definition of text structure AND two example of it?
How an author chooses to organize their writing.
- Problem and solution
-sequence
-cause and effect
-compare/ contrast
-cause and effect
What is the tone? What two genres do we code or it in? What is the code we use to show tone?
The AUTHOR’S attitude towards the audience, the subject, or characters.
It appears in fiction and poetry.
We use emojis or smiley faces to code it.