The Test Itself
Rhetorical Devices
Fiction
Constructed Response
Writing Essays
100

Do you have to take the EOC Milestone for American Literature?

What is ABSOLUTELY YES!

100

A question designed to make the reader think; no answer is required because the answer is obvious

What is a RHETORICAL QUESTION?

100

Language that appeals to the senses

What is IMAGERY?

100

A type of question you will see on the Milestone exam that requires a short, typed/written response.

What is a CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE?

100
Which essay requires you to use the text as a stimulus and write a creative response using evidence from the text, dialogue, reflection, sensory language/imagery, and perhaps change the perspective/point of view?

What is a NARRATIVE ESSAY?

200

The percentage of your grade this test counts

What is 20%?

200

An appeal to emotion as a persuasive device

What is PATHOS?

200

Force against the main character

What is an ANTAGONIST?

200

How many sentences should you write in a constructed response?

What is 3 MINIMUM?
200

Which essay asks you to read 2 text selections and take a stand or position in response to a prompt?

What is the ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY?

300

Do I need to bring my school-issued device (Chromebook) for BOTH DAYS of the test?

What is ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, 100% YES?
300

Using the participation of a group to persuade

What is BANDWAGON?

300

The opposite of what is expected

What is IRONY?

300

What do you need to prove your answer in a constructed response?

What is TEXTUAL SUPPORT (an example or quote from the text)?

300

Which essay asks you to read 2 text extracts and EXPLAIN something in response to a prompt?

What is an INFORMATIONAL ESSAY?

400
Do I need to study the various time periods of American Literature?

What is YES?

400

Repetition in grammatical structure

What is PARALLELISM?

400

An observing narrator who knows all thoughts of all characters

What is OMNISCIENT? 

400

How many points is a constructed response worth?

What is 2?

400

Explain 1) counterargument and 2) rebuttal/refutation

What is 1) What the other side believes, and 2) why they are wrong?

500
Do I need to be familiar with the important documents from American literature (historical documents)?

What is YES?

500

Using a story to persuade

What is an ANECDOTE?

500

Another word for Resolution

What is DENOUEMENT?

500

What TWO THINGS must you do for a Constructed Response question?

What is ANSWER THE QUESTION and USE AN EXAMPLE FROM THE TEXT?

500

Does an informational essay need a counterclaim?

What is NOOOOOO!

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