Text Analysis
The two required elements in text analysis response are...
What are the central idea and writing strategy/literary element?
The term used for information from a passage that supports a claim.
What is "textual evidence"?
A problem between 2 or more opposing forces.
What is a conflict?
The portion of Part 1 [reading comprehension] that you should read first
What is the texts [not the questions]
The three parts/sections of the ELA regents exam are...
What is Multiple Choice, Argumentative Essay, and Text Analysis Response?
What is the central idea?
(Source 1, lines 35-37)
How do you cite text evidence?
The way a character is described according to a text/story.
What is characterization?
A good method if you are unsure of the answer in the multiple choice section
What is process of elimination?
The minimum passing score of the ELA regents exam.
What is 65?
Some examples include figurative language, imagery, point-of-view, conflict, setting, etc.
What is the writing strategy?
Opposite of your argument
What is a counterclaim?
The perspective through which a story is told
What is point-of-view?
The items you should bring on exam day
What are pens, highlighters, and water?
There are a minimum of ____ texts you must use in your argumentative essay.
What are three texts?
The amount of paragraphs required for Part 3
What is 2 - 3?
The number of minimal paragraphs in the argumentative essay for the ELA regents.
What is 5 paragraphs?
The time and place of a story/text.
What is setting?
The pages of the exam that you should read
What is EVERY page of the exam?
There are ____ multiple choice questions on the ELA regents exam.
What is 24?
According to the ELA regents exam rubric, the highest possible grade you can get on a text analysis response is...
What is 4/4?
According to the ELA regents argumentative rubric, this is the highest score you can get.
What is 6/6?
Language that uses comparisons or imagination to describe something.
What is figurative language?
The date and time that you must report to your testing location
What is Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at 8:00 am EST?
The first section you should do on the exam is...
What is whichever section you choose!