Figurative Language
They bow shyly as wet swans.
What is simile?
This is the number of constructed responses you are required to write on the English II EOC.
What is 4?
This is the number of poems on the English II EOC.
What is one?
The number of reading texts and multiple choice questions you should focus on at a time?
What is one at a time?
The NC English II EOC is this percentage of your semester grade.
What is 20%?
"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?
This is the number of sentences you should have in your constructed response.
6-8 sentences
This is the number of non-fiction passages on the English II EOC.
What is four?
This is something that you may not have during the test.
What is a cell phone or earbuds to listen to music.
This is what you should do the night before the test and then what should you do the morning of the test.
What are a good nights sleep and good breakfast?
"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?
This is the format you should follow when you write your constructed responses.
TAEMC
(Topic sentence, Answer, Evidence, Why does that evidence matter?, Conclusion)
This is the number of fictional passages on the English II EOC.
What is 2?
In your English II EOC constructed responses, you should not weigh your writing down with too many examples.
How many examples should you include?
What is no more than 2 examples?
This is the date and time of your NC English II EOC.
What is Monday, June 5th at 8:10?
What controls the reader's emotional response that reflects the author's purpose?
What is tone?
The rubric for the constructed responses has this many points on it.
What is 2?
How many questions are on the NC English 2 EOC?
There are 60 questions on the English II EOC.
The amount of time you have to take the English II EOC.
What is around 3 hours? If you take less than 2 hours, there is no way you have read closely enough or taken the time to think through the questions.
The NC English II EOC is graded on this.
What is a curve?
Not everything is said directly in the text. You may need to make an...
What is an inference?
For the constructed response, these are the the two things you are be graded on.
Understanding the question (staying focused on the prompt) AND level of analysis.
What should you use to analyze your one poem?
What is TPCASTT?
(Title-before reading, Paraphrase, Connotations, Attitude, Shift(s), Theme, Title again-after reading)
This is what you should NOT do at the end of the test.
What is go back to double check your answers?
It sounds odd, but your answers will be better when the passage is fresh in your mind. As you take the test, eliminate wrong answers then go with your gut!
This is your biggest cheerleader!!!
Who is Mrs. Baker?