English Regents Exam Review

About the Test

100

This is the number of parts (sections) on the English Regents exam?

What is 3?

200

This is the length of the English Regents exam.

What is 3 hours?

300

This is the date and time of the exam.

What is June 14th (Tuesday) at 7:45 am?

400

This is the type of essay involved in Part 2 of the exam.

What is Argumentative Response?

500

This is the rubric score based out of on a Part 2.

What is 6?

Literary Elements 1

100

This is the time and place in which events of a work of literature occur.

What is setting?

200

This is where a parenthetical citation appears.

What is the end of a sentence?

300

This is an author or speaker's attitude towards a subject.

What is tone?

400

This is a reference to a statement, person, place, or event in literature (Ex: historical person or event).

What is an allusion?

500

This is the writer's meaning that is different from what is actually stated or happening.

What is irony?

Literary Elements 2

100

This element gives nonhuman/nonliving things that are given human qualities.

What is personification.

200

This is the feeling a piece of literature is intended to create in the reader.

What is mood?

300

This is a comparison using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

400

This is language that appeals to the senses.

What is imagery?

500

This is a person, place, or event that stands for itself and an idea beyond itself.

What is symbolism?

Reading Comprehension

100

The United States has a vast amount of newly discovered clean geothermal (natural heat from the Earth’s crust) energy. Tapping into this energy source could provide at least 10 times the energy that can be obtained from the nation’s known coal reserves. What does “vast” mean? a. a large amount b. not enough c. dangerous d. having no known use

What is A

200

"She opened her eyes just in time to see a slight, plainly dressed woman collapse backward in a heap of brown muslin as Elizabeth’s chocolates exploded from the box and rolled off in a dozen directions." The use of the phrase “exploded from the box” is intended to — (A) add irony (B) understate the incident (C) create tension or (D) exaggerate the incident

What is D

300

1.No matter where you go, the Internet is following you. Almost every portable device is being made with an Internet connection. Most new TVs and many other appliances come with Internet connections as well. The Internet is truly ubiquitous. If something is ubiquitous, __________. a. it is dangerous b. it is everywhere c. it costs too much money d. it causes problems/ issues with others

What is B

400

Perhaps the most important factor in reducing the number of traumatic brain injuries, however, lies not with the players, the coaches, or the administrators, but with the media and fans. Sports media producers have become accustomed to showcasing the most aggressive tackles and the most intense plays. NFL broadcasts often replay especially violent collisions, while the commentators marvel at the physical prowess of the players involved. Some sports programs even feature weekly countdowns of the hardest hits. When the media exalts such hazardous behavior, professionals are rewarded for injuring each other on the field, and amateurs become more likely to try to imitate their favorite NFL athletes. Announcers, commentators, television producers, and sportswriters should engage in a collective effort to cease glorifying brutal plays. In turn, fans should stop expecting their favorite players to put their lives on the line for the purposes of entertainment. Players must stop being encouraged to trade their careers, health, happiness, and their lives for the sake of a game. The author's TONE is... A) apologetic B) depressed C) confused D) solemn

What is D

500

Elizabeth knew well that this day had been nearly one hundred years in the making and that it had not come without a cost. The passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution granting women the right to vote was the culmination of years of struggle. Elizabeth’s mother had taught her about Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, suffragists whose life work had been devoted to gaining rights for women. When those two pioneers had died, the mantle was passed on to Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, who placed their very lives at risk on behalf of other women. IN THIS SELECTION, THE WORD "CULMINATION" MEANS WHICH OF THESE FOUR CHOICES: (A) conclusion or result, (B) beginning or cause, (C) unexpected consequence, or (D) unspoken purpose

What is A

Essay Writing

100

This should be include in the introduction of a Part 2 essay.

What is a claim?

200

This is the number of sources you have to use in a Part 2 essay? 

What is 3?

300

These are are the two parts that need to be included in a Part 3 essay.

What is central idea (theme) and writing strategy?

400

This is an opposing argument.

What is counterargument?

500

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, Create a short Part 3 intro for this poem (use the parts we have discussed)

What is (answers will vary)