English Regents Exam Review

About the Test

100

How many parts (sections) are there to the exam?

What is 3

200

How long do you have to remain at the test for?

What is 3 hours?

300

What is the date and time of the exam?

What is June 17th (Tuesday) at 7:30am?

400

What type of essay is involved in Part 2 of the exam? In Part 3?

What is an Argument for Part 2 and Text-Analysis Response for Part 3?

500

What is the rubric score based out of on a Part 2 and Part 3?

What is 6 for the Part 2 and 4 for the Part 3?

Literary Elements 1

100

Define: connotative diction

What is the technique of choosing emotionally charged words to appeal to the audience's sense of pathos?

200

Define characterization and tell me one specific way an author may characterize.

What are the ways in which a character is portrayed by an author and through the character's actions, speech, and the way other characters react. The narrator can also directly describe.

300

Define irony and provide an example.

What is when the writer's meaning is different from what is actually stated or happening.

400

Define Allusion.

What is a reference to a well known statement, person, place, thing or event in literature (Ex: it could be historical or literary or from pop-culture)?

500

Define parallelism

What is a form of syntax where a writer repeats a grammatical structure with words, phrases, or clauses?

Literary Elements 2

100

Define Personification. Provide an example.

What is nonhuman/ nonliving things that are given a human quality.

200

Define Mood.

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

300

Define Tone and tell me how it's created.

What is the author's attitude toward the subject and audience he/she is writing about? And it's created through specific words, images, and syntax (or language choices).

400

Define Imagery. Provide an example.

What is language that appeals to the senses and appeals to an audience's sense of pathos and/or ethos, and/or logos, depending. 

500

This technique emphasizes something and adds rhythm making the words/message more memorable, easier to read. 

What is parallelism and its impact on the audience.

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

What should be included in the thesis statement of a Part 2 essay?

What is claim and counterclaim

200

How many sources do you have to use in a Part 2 essay? Can they all be from the same text?

What is 3 and No

300

What are the two parts that need to be included in a Part 3 essay?

What is Central Idea (theme) and Writing Strategy.

400

Create a thesis statement for a Part 2 essay revolving around the question: Should American citizens be required to vote in national elections? (Include the 2 parts we have discussed).

What is (answers will vary)

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 "thesis statement" for a Part 3 that would go at the end of the 1st paragraph. (include the parts we have discussed)

What is (answers will vary)