What is the first thing I should do on the reading portion?
200
Use a dictionary to take it apart word by word.
What do you do if you don’t know what the prompt is asking?
200
Restatement of question + opinion + 2 reasons.
What is a thesis statement?
200
However, For example, Furthermore, As a result
What are transition words/phrases?
200
In sentence 5, the word trip is not the appropriate word to use. Which of the following should
replace trip in this sentence?
A standard
B process
C operation
D journey
What is an example of a question that requires a dictionary?
(and how would you use it to help you?)
200
In paragraph 2, what does clambered mean?
A Called back and forth to one another
B Climbed awkwardly on all fours
C Clawed in search of something
D Completed a complicated action
What is an example of a dictionary question?
300
Two strong examples (small stories) that support my two reasons.
What should about 80% of my essay be?
300
“I think that yes, people should be allowed to die their poodle’s hair different colors.”
What is a bad example of a thesis statement?
(Fix the thesis statement.)
300
Attempting one shallow takeoff after another. Each time it banged itself against the glass.
What is an example of fragmented sentences?
(How do you fix them?)
300
Only to show that someone owns something.
Ex. This is Jose's book.
When is 's used?
300
expressed by your use of syntax, your point of view, your diction, and the level of formality
What is tone?
400
A hook
What should the first line of your essay be?
400
Personal story, friend’s story, story from a book, movie, tv show, news, history etc.
What is support for your two reasons?
(when do you decide what that support will be)
400
In the back of the red dictionary and the middle of the yellow dictionary.
Where can you find help for the revision and editing portion of the test?
400
How should sentence 36 be changed?
A Insert a colon after this
B Change dissimilar to dissimular
C Delete the comma
D Change they to you
What is an example of a dictionary question?
(Always pull out your dictionary to check these...just to be sure!)
400
atmosphere or feeling created for the reader.
What is mood?
500
Go back and read what you wrote on your essay. Check for mistakes.
What do I do when I’m done writing the essay?
(don't forget to restate your thesis at the end of your essay!)
500
T-chart
What should you do in order to determine what your answer will be for the prompt?
500
definition: not needed; extra
What is the definition of redundant?
500
So several of my dateless friends and me banded together and decided to
go as a big group.