Multiple Choice
Written Section
When the Going Gets Tough
Structure or Craft
Strategies
100
Two strategies for marking up a question.
What are: Underline and circle key words and location ("Mark it Up"), Ask "What is this question asking me?" (Translate), Write "part" or "whole", Use process of elimination.
100
a) How much each short response is worth b) How much each extended response is worth
What is 2 points? What is 4 points?
100
What to do if you have several multiple choice questions blank with one minute to go.
What is GUESS all of the remaining answers (all C or all B)-- do NOT leave anything blank.
100
Smell, Taste, Touch, Hear, Sight
What are sensory details?
100
Three ways to take care of yourself during test week.
What are: Get lots of sleep, eat healthy, eat breakfast every day, postpone drama, relax, be confident!
200
One way to know if a MC question is directing you to a specific location in the text (as opposed to the whole passage).
What is "lines 9-10," paragraph 4, the beginning of the text, etc.
200
How to get full credit on a short response
Use RACE: make a valid claim, provide sufficient evidence (QUOTES), explain that evidence
200
Strategy for when you encounter very difficult words while reading a paragraph.
What is get a basic idea, push past the difficult word and move on to get the paragraph's main idea. Spend only a second or two on the word and then move on.
200
How does this author develop the setting? Be specific The sky was gray and the clouds were black. The cold air breathed creepily down my neck. I could hear nothing but silence and the awful steady drip, drip, drip of some mysterious liquid down the alley.
What are sensory details (sight, feel, hear)
200
Something you should do at the beginning of every test section, and at the beginning of every passage.
What is PREVIEW, get a LENS and MAKE A PLAN!
300
Two keywords to know that a MC question is asking you to consider the "WHOLE" text
What are: Main idea of whole passage, author's purpose, author's tone, theme, structure
300
Translate the following question: Evaluate the soundness of each author’s claim.
What is “judge the strength of each author’s argument”
300
Name two strategies for re-focusing yourself when you are tired or losing focus.
What are: take a thirty-second break, take deep breaths, sit up straight in your seat, stretch, rub your index finger to your thumb.
300
Name At Least Five Types of Figurative Language often found in Poems
What are simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, repetition, imagery, contrasting images, rhyme, connotation, word choice
300
Two ways to save time and space on short response answers.
What are: use shorter quotes, only explain after both quotes.
400
a) Purpose of covering up the MC answer choices b) Purpose of process of elimination in MC
a) What is: Come with your own answer first then compare, and avoid trick answers b) What is: to eliminate all wrong answers and trick answers, get to 50-50, make the best answer choice
400
Improve this body paragraph and explain what you changed: The author has an angry tone in the article. For example he says, "How dare politicians endanger our children?" He also states, "I am furious about this issue." This shows that the author has an angry tone in the article.
What is: The author has an angry tone in the article. For example he says, "How dare politicians endanger our children?" He also states, "I am furious about this issue." His language emphasizes his frustration, and informs the reader that he is upset about this injustice to young people. (Improved explanation)
400
Strategy if the very FIRST passage of a test section is extremely difficult and seems like it might get you down
What is: skip it for now, go to other passages to get your confidence up, then come back to it later
400
Name at least 4 Ways Nonfiction Authors use structure to develop their ideas.
What are: Cause and Effect, Then and Now, Chronological, Question and Answer, Problem/Solution, Compare and Contrast, Etc.
400
Two strategies if you are short on time for an EXTENDED RESPONSE.
What are: cut the introduction, use shorter quotes, use only one quote per paragraph, use bullet points if need be. (Score = 2)
500
Translate each of the following terms: Illustrate, Distinguish, Central Idea, Intent, Perspective, Differ, Reveal, Contrast, Identify
What is show, tell the difference between, main idea, purpose, point of view, tell the difference between, show, difference, find
500
Improve this short response and explain what you changed: The author has a purpose. For example, "People do not know that dolphins are endangered." Also, "If more people knew, we could protect these animals." These quotes show that the author has a purpose.
What is: The author's purpose is to move the reader to help dolphins. For example, he states that "People do not know that dolphins are endangered." However, he says that "If more people know, we can protect these animals." In other words, the author's goal is to inspire us to take action and help save this at-risk species. (Stronger claim, stronger explanation)
500
Strategy for reading a long passage if you are short on time.
What is: 1. Get a Lens 2. Read the title and all subtitles 3. Read the background info and entire first paragraph 4. Read the first and last sentence of all other paragraphs.
500
Name three ways a poem can be structured
What are: Stanzas, Free Verse, Sonnet, Rhyme Scheme, Couplets, Etc.
500
Strategy for extended response (essay) for PAIRED PASSAGE
1. Preview the text and questions. 2. Label the passages as "#1" and "#2" 3. Label the questions "#1", "#2", or "Both" 4. Read Passage #1 with a Lens 5. Answer all Passage #1 questions. 6. Read Passage #2 with a Lens 7. Answer all Passage #2 and "Both" Questions
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