Regents Information
Writing Strategies/Literary Devices
Strategies
General ELA Regents Questions
General ELA Regents Questions 2
100

What is the date for the ELA Regents 2025?

June 17th 

100

What writing strategy is about date, time or place?

setting

100

What strategy do we use to help us read and annotate a text?

CUBE

100

What do you do if you should have received a bilingual dictionary, but did not?

Ask!

100

What is an excerpt?

Part of a text/story.

200

What time is the ELA Regents 2025?

7:30

200

What writing strategy helps you understand a character's personality?

characterization

200
What strategy do we use to help us write paragraphs/essays?

MIQAL

200

What part of the Regents do you need to write a central idea?

Part 3: Text Analysis

200

How long do you have to take the exam?

If you took the NYSESLAT, you have an unlimited amount of time.


If you were exempt from the NYSESLAT you have three hours and no bilingual dictionary. 

300

What do you need to bring to the ELA Regents

Your ID, maybe water and a snack
300

What writing strategy is it when you hear the story from one person's perspective?

point of view

300

What does CUBE stand for?

circle/choose a purpose

box

underline 

explain

300

Should you write the essay in pen or pencil?

pen

300
What is a stanza?

paragraph of a poem 

400

What is the highest score you can get on each essay?

part 2: 6

part 3: 4

400

What writing strategy uses taste, sound, touch, smell or sight?

imagery

400

What does MIQAL stand for?

main idea

introduce quote

quote

analysis

link

400

What are the key components of the argument essay?

claim and counterclaim


+ evidence and analysis

400

What are the key parts of the text analysis essay? 

central idea and writing strategy

500

What should you do if you cannot eliminate any answers on the multiple choice?

Always guess the same answer.

500

What writing strategy shows a problem? What are the two types. Describe them. 

conflict. 

internal and external.

500

What is the strategy we use for multiple choice AND what does it stand for?

NATER

Number

Ask

Translate

Eliminate

Reread 

500

What is the strategy we use for the counterclaim in the argument essay? What does it stand for?

CHEAT

counterclaim

however

evidence

analysis

Therefore 

500

What sentence starters do we use for evidence and analysis?

This means...

This shows...

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