EOC
The amount of time you are given to take the test.
What is 5 hours (more for those with extended time)?
What is a constructed response?
What is an essay response to a prompt?
This is the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
What is the theme?
The purpose of a simile in literature is to do this.
What is to create a vivid image or comparison by showing similarities between two different things?
The effect of anaphora, the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, is often to achieve this.
What is to emphasize a point and create a rhythm?
The date of the English II EOC.
What is June 3, 2024 (Monday)?
You should include these in your essays to make your argument stronger.
What are quotes and statistics as examples?
These are the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern or sequence.
What is the plot?
The effect of alliteration in a sentence or phrase often includes this.
What is to create rhythm, mood, or emphasize particular words or ideas?
The purpose of a rhetorical question in speech or writing is to do this.
What is to provoke thought or emphasize a point without expecting an answer?
The only part of the test that the administrator can help you with.
What are the directions?
This term describes the sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
This term refers to the time and place in which a story takes place.
What is the setting?
The purpose of foreshadowing in a story is to achieve this.
What is to hint at future events and create suspense or anticipation?
The effect of using ethos as a rhetorical strategy is to achieve this.
What is to establish the speaker's credibility and trustworthiness?
How many constructed response essays will be on the test?
What is four?
This term describes the clear and specific statement in a constructed response that answers the prompt directly and provides the main argument.
What is the assertion/claim/thesis statement?
This term describes the author's attitude toward the subject
What is the tone?
The effect of using personification in a literary work is often to achieve this.
What is to make non-human elements more relatable and vivid by giving them human characteristics?
The purpose of using pathos in rhetoric is to accomplish this.
What is to appeal to the audience's emotions and create an emotional response?
Name the three text types that will be on the test.
What is Informational, Fiction, and Poem(s)?
These are the detailed examples from the text, including quotes and specific instances, that support the main argument in a constructed response.
What are textual evidence and supporting details?
This is the perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
The purpose of irony in a narrative is to achieve this.
What is to create tension or humor for the audience.
The effect of using logos in an argument is to achieve this.
What is to appeal to logic and reason, providing evidence and rational arguments to persuade the audience?