Figurative Language
Thesis Statements
Essay
Writing
Layout of the EOC
What to do or not to do
100

The bow shyly as wet swans.

What is a simile?

100

One sentence that lets the reader know what your essay is about. 

What is the thesis statement?

100

This is the number of essays you are required to write on the English II EOC.

What is 1 essay?

100

The amount of time you have to take the English II EOC.

What is 5 hours?

100

The number of reading texts and multiple choice questions you should focus on at a time?

What is one at a time?

200

"Well, son, I'll tell you

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair"

("Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes)

Is an example of which figurative language term?

What is a metaphor?

200

The thesis statement can found in.....

What is the introduction?

200

The type of essay found on the English II EOC.

What is persuasive? 

200

This part of the EOC test focuses on correcting capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. 

What is editing?

200

This book can be used throughout the ENTIRE English II EOC. 

What is a dictionary?

300

"Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no colour in anything, except the posters that were plastered everywhere." (1984 by George Orwell) 


Is an example of which figurative language term?

What is imagery?

300

In a persuasive essay, your thesis statement should....

What is state your position?

300

You should include these in your essay to make your argument stronger.

What are H.E.L.P examples?

300

Non-fiction texts that are on the English II EOC are often called this.

What is informational?

300

In your English II EOC persuasive essay, you should not weigh your essay down with too many examples.

How many examples should you include?

What is no more than 2 examples?

400

What controls the reader's emotional response that reflects the author's purpose?

What is tone?

400

This cannot be answered by your reader, and should not be used as your thesis statement.

What is a rhetorical question?

400

This type of sentence can connect your examples.

What is a transition sentence?

400

Poems, stories, and plays are these types of texts on the English II EOC.

What is literary or fictional?

400

This type of question that asks the reader to check certain lines or passages. 

What is a location question?

500

Not everything is said directly in the text. You may need to make an...

What is an inference?

500

A thesis statement with more than one idea is....

What is bifurcated?

500

This is the end of your persuasive essay.

What is called to action?

500

This part of the EOC test focuses on correcting content errors.

What is revising?

500

This habit while taking the English II EOC will help you do better, understand the questions being asked, and can help you pass.

What is carefully reading the texts?

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