Multiple Choice
Written Section
When the Going Gets Tough
Structure or Craft
Strategies
100
Two strategies for breaking down a MC question.
What are: Underline and circle key words and location ("Mark it Up"), Ask "What is this question asking me?" (Translate), Use process of elimination (50 - 50), Write "part" or "whole".
100
What score would you get for a strong claim and weak or inaccurate evidence in a short response?
What is 1 point?
100
What to do if you come across a passage that is very difficult or intimidating.
What is skip it and come back to it later.
100
What craft structures are revealed below: 40% of student athletes face head injuries. Angelina smith learned first hand the dangers of minor-league football when she had to sit on her son's bedside when her son took a head on collision in the play offs.
Statistics and anecdote
100
When reading MC passages what type of lens will you use for fiction passages? What type of lens will you use for nonfiction passages?
What are Fiction: Theme Nonfiction: Central Idea
200
Two key phrases that let you know that 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
What would you score this response? In lines 20 through 33 the setting contributes to the mood that it is very gloomy. One detail to support is, "Snow swirled so thickly." Also another detail is "snow that was past her knees."
What is one point?
200
Strategy for when you encounter very difficult words while reading a paragraph other than context clues.
What is draw a word box. Charge words. Get the gist and move on
200
What text structure does the author mostly use to develop the main idea of this paragraph? Have you ever thought about what makes a volcano erupt or what happens afterward? When the temperature rises deep under the Earth's crust, it becomes hot enough to melt rock and turn it into magma. Sometimes this melted rock blasts through the Earth's surface, which causes rock, ash, and deadly gases to fly into the air. The lava that flows out of the volcano can knock down trees and destroy houses and even whole towns. Although volcanoes can cause lots of destruction, the volcano's eruption also creates new land. Many times this new land forms an island in the ocean. You might even live on land created by a volcano.
What is: The author uses cause and effect to illustrate what causes a volcano to erupt.
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
What elements do you look for when evaluating the soundness of an author's argument?
Ethos, pathos, logos. Expert opinions, credible sources, statistics
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 improve short response questions.
What are: select strong evidence, push explanations, put quotes into context, use topic sentences and concluding sentences.
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 distractors b) What is: to eliminate all wrong answers and trick answers, get to 50-50, make the best answer choice
400
Which body paragraph is stronger and why? 1. 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. OR 2 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.
What is: #2? Why: Stronger explanations?
400
3 Strategies you can use at home order to be ready for the test. (Becomes more and more important on Days 2 and 3)
What is: unplug, go to bed early, eat a good dinner/breakfast, avoid junk food, postpone drama, relax and do something you enjoy!
400
Name at least 4 ways Nonfiction Authors structure their text.
What are: Cause and Effect, Then and Now, Chronological, Question and Answer, Problem/Solution, Compare and Contrast, Etc.
400
List at least 3 things you should do to Attack an Extended Response.
What are: Break down the question, translate, underline key words, circle direction words, outline (use bullets to number how many paragraphs), hunt for evidence, write the essay, reread and rewrite.
500
Translate 3 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
Which short response is stronger and why? 1. 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. OR 2. 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.
What is: # 2? Why: (Stronger claim, stronger explanation)
500
Strategy for reading a long passage if you are short on stamina.
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
What structure does the poet use in this poem Nothing Gold Can Stay Robert Frost, 1874 - 1963 Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.
What are: Rhyme Scheme and repitition
500
Strategy for Attacking a Tough Passage
What is Deconstruct the title, Read the Directions, Determine a Lens, Drop anchors for each paragraph, Chunk for Fiction, Jot a Theme or a Central Idea at the Bottom
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