Writing From Sources
This is the number of sources which you need to cite in your essay
Three
This is what you should read first when answering the multiple choice questions
Questions then the passage
Define central idea
universal statement about the theme
This is the author's use of vivid and descriptive language
imagery
This is the reader's emotions/feelings towards the text
mood
This is another term for the "argument" which you are making in your essay
Stance/Thesis
This is the number of multiple choice questions which will likely appear on the exam
24
This is what you need to use to make a connection to the author's central idea
writing strategy
This is the opposition of persons or forces that gives rise to the dramatic action in a drama or fiction
conflict
The time and place of a text
Setting
You have to cite the text ____ and _____ according to the writing from sources guidelines
Number and line
This is what you should use to bubble in your answers on the scantron. BE SPECIFIC.
#2 pencil
This is the number of paragraphs which the regents suggests to devote to this portion of the exam
2-3
This is a comparison without using like or as
metaphor
When characterization is used step-by-step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story, you MUST IDENTIFY THE _______________ AND _________
CHARACTER AND TRAITS
Define "opposing argument"
Counterclaim
This is the length of time which you should devote to this section of the exam
1 hour
This is the length of time which you should devote to this portion of the exam
1 hour or less
This is the author's attitude toward his or her subject
tone
If using imagery as your writing strategy, you must identify lines that...
Appeal to the senses
This is the minimum number of paragraphs one ought to aim for when writing his or her "argument essay" portion of the exam
5 - intro, 2 claims, 1 counterclaim, conclusion
One strategy you can use on multiple choice
-process of elimination
-annotation
-context clues
-reread passage/lines
You should have at LEAST THREE of these memorized for this portion of the exam
writing strategies
This describes an author's word choice
diction
There are _______ main types of conflict, which are....
4, man vs self, man vs society, man vs man, man vs nature