Strategies for Success
You should make sure to do this before coming to school tomorrow morning.
Get a good night's sleep!
If you have this prohibited item with you while testing, every student in the room will have their score invalidated and be forced to retake the test. What is the item?
A cellphone (or any "smart" device).
When determining author's purpose, you use the acronym "P.I.E." to figure out their goal for writing the text. What do these letters stand for?
P: Persuade
I: Inform
E: Entertain
You should ALWAYS make sure to do this with each and every passage included on the test before you answer any questions.
READ. THE. ENTIRE. PASSAGE.
This major fashion event was held last Monday, and is held every year on the first Monday in May.
The MET gala
You should do this when you come across a word that you don't know the meaning of while reading.
Use context clues (read the sentences before and after the word) to try to infer the meaning of the word.
How many essay responses are you required to complete on DC CAPE?
3
A question that is asked but is not intended to be answered can be described as this.
Rhetorical
You should always do this on your scrap paper while reading the passages.
Annotate/take notes
Buildings in Washington, DC legally cannot be built to be taller than this famous memorial.
Washington Memorial
This is the name for the strategy used when determining the correct answer to a multiple choice question by crossing out wrong answers.
What is "Process of Elimination"?
You should do this if you are not sure which answer choice is the correct one.
Eliminate the obvious wrong answer choices and then make an educated guess
This literary device is a short, indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of importance, and which is external to the text. It is often used in rap lyrics.
What is an allusion?
To determine the THEME of the passage, you must first figure out this about the passage.
The main idea OR what the whole passage is about.
This DC metro station has the longest escalators on this side of the planet.
Wheaton Metro Station
After you finish reading the entire question, you should do this step before reading any of the answer options.
Come up with a potential answer to the question.
Name this task that requires you to read two pieces of literature and write an essay that compares them.
Literary Analysis Task
A simple, short, or humorous story usually told in an effort to convey understanding or comparison in a particular situation. By telling a brief amusing story, an author or speaker can personalize a message or topic to an audience.
What is an anecdote?
When reading the passages, you should only highlight the details that relate to this.
The annotation focus.
In Washington DC, the streets going horizontally are named by letter in alphabetical order (e.g. A St NE, C St SE). What is the one letter that does not have a street named for it any of the four quadrants of the city?
There are no J Streets.
Your first step when testing should be to skip to the end of the section and look at that day's writing prompt. What are the three steps for unpacking the prompt?
Highlight/underline the key words
Turn the prompt into a question
Determine the annotation focus (what you are looking for as you read the passages)
Name this task that requires you to read/watch three informational texts and write an essay comparing what you learned from each of them.
Research Simulation Task
A writer or speaker’s feeling toward a subject, character, or audience communicated through the author’s choice of words and detail. Common words used to describe this include hopeful, informative, and sarcastic.
What is tone?
When reading a fiction text, you should look for what the main character's problem is and how they solve it. When reading a non-fiction text, you should look for these two things.
The main idea and the author's purpose for writing.
Select one member of your team to go to the board and draw the "boxes and bullet points" essay outline.
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