The number of MC questions on the exam
What is 24?
Referencing line number and/or text number...
What is a citation?
The minimum number of sources needed in an essay.
What is three different texts?
A writing strategy with 5 different types
What is conflict?
The writing utensil you MUST you use for all written portions
What is pen?
You can usually count on the multiple choice passages to include one of these, not found elsewhere on the exam.
What is a poem?
The 3 words you should NEVER use in your writing
I, me, my
The paragraph that brings up the opposite viewpoint.
What is the counterargument?
The writing strategy where authors might describe the thoughts, feelings, and actions of an individual..
What is characterization?
The time you need to arrive for the regents exam
What is 8:30 AM? (come get bagels and coffee :D)
The writing utensil you MUST you use for multiple choice
What is a pencil?
A big message about life, not specifically a story...
What is a central idea?
The number of sentences in an effective claim
What is one?
Identify the conflict: women fighting for the right to vote.
What is person vs. society?
First sentence of an argumentative introduction
What is a hook?
Something you can do to the questions to make them easier to answer...
What is annotating the questions, or process of elimination?
The four things you must name in your introduction
What is text name, author name, writing strategy and central idea?
Three specific words you can use in your analysis to be thorough.
What is means, proves, connects?
Identify the writing strategy: The movie about Jazz music takes place during the 1920's.
What is setting?
The argumentative score you earn if you use less than three texts
What is a 0?
Statistically speaking, this is most likely to be the right answer every time.
What is the first answer you pick?
Other names for writing strategies include...
What are literary strategies or elements?
Each body paragraph begins with this
What is a topic sentence?
Identify this writing strategy: the apple in Snow White represents evil intentions.
What is symbolism?
Point out the errors in this sentence: I'm gonna get Mary tom and natalia pasta for dinner.
What is--Capitalize Tom, Natalia. 2 missing commas after Mary and Tom. I'm becomes I am, gonna becomes going to.