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Multiple Choice Strategies
Essays
Narratives
Miscellaneous
100
Use this tool to make important information from the text stand out.
HIGHLIGHT
100
What should you do when a question asks about specific lines in a reading?
Look back and reread those lines.
100
When writing an essay about reading passages, where can you get some of the wording for your introduction?
From the essay prompt
100
What is another name for a narrative?
Story
100
Why is it important to read the words in italics at the very beginning of a passage?
It gives you important background information about the passage.
200
Use this tool to take notes about the readings.
NOTEPAD
200
What should you do when you are not sure about an answer to a multiple choice question.
Eliminate the answer options you know are wrong.
200
How many paragraphs should you aim for when writing an essay about reading passages?
Five:
*Introduction
*3 Body Paragraphs
*Conclusion
200
A narrative prompt may ask you to rewrite an excerpt from another character's ______.
Perspective/Point of View
200
Why is it a good idea to read a writing prompt before reading the passage(s) it's about?
You can identify evidence to use in your answer while you read.
300
Use this tool to cross out multiple choice answers you know are incorrect.
ANSWER ELIMINATOR
300
When you're asked to define a word as it's used in a passage, what can you do with the answer options?
Plug them into the sentence to see which makes sense.
300
How many pieces of evidence should you aim to provide to support your essay's claim?
Three
300
A narrative prompt may ask you to ______ writing where the story/passage left off.
Continue
300
What is the name for the universal message or lesson of a story?
Theme
400
Use this tool to mark questions you want to go back to later.
BOOKMARK
400
Do some multiple choice questions have more than one part?
Yes.
400
What comes before your evidence, and what comes after it in a "quote sandwich?"
Before - context (background info. about where quote is coming from)
After - explanation (comment on importance in your own words)
400
When characters speak, it is called ______.
Dialogue
400
What is the name for the author's attitude that comes across in a piece of writing? (Hint: It begins with the letter "T.")
Tone
500
Use this tool to see what questions you have answered.
REVIEW BUTTON
500
Some multiple choice questions will ask you about information you can find directly in the passage. Others require you to make an ______.
Inference
500
When you are asked to synthesize information from two or more passages, where should your evidence come from?
Each passage
500
Your narrative (and essay, for that matter) will be scored for your idea development and your ______.
Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
500
What is the name for the way a piece of writing makes a reader feel? (Hint: It begins with the letter "M.")
Mood