Test-Taking Strategies
Titles and Authors
Literary Elements
Test Format
Test-Taking Strategies--pt. 2
100
The first step to writing the argumentative essay.
What is, answering the prompt?
100
The author of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Who is Harper Lee?
100
Define characterization
How an author depicts the personality of a character.
100
The number of sections on the NYS English Regents
What is 3?
100
The number of times the listening passage will be read to you
What is two?
200
You should make one of these before writing your argumentative essay.
What is an outline?
200
The author of Macbeth
Who is William Shakespeare?
200
A symbol of innocence in Harper Lee's novel
What is the mockingbird?
200
How many texts are in the multiple choice section?
3
200
The strategy you use when you don't understand the meaning of a Critical Lens quote
What is breaking it down into smaller parts?
300
During the multiple choice section, it may be helpful to write this in the margins as you read.
what is the gist?
300
The author of OF MICE AND MEN
Who is John Steinbeck?
300
The most influential literary element of THE CRUCIBLE
What is setting?
300
What are the 3 types of texts you'll see in the multiple choice section?
literary, poem, informational
300
The strategy you can use when you do not understand the meaning of a poem they want you to read
What is paraphrasing/breaking it down line by line or section by section
400
The strategy you can use when comparing two passages; you can use this strategy to make sure that you get the information from both passages you are meant to
What is highlighting/underlining one and circling the other, etc.
400
The author of THE CRUCIBLE
Who is Arthur Miller?
400
TWO literary elements heavily used in THE CRUCIBLE: When Abigail enters the courtroom, the crowd parts like the Red Sea. Explain how BOTH of the literary elements are used.
What are allusion and irony? Allusion is a reference to another work; in this case, Arthur Miller is referencing the Biblical story of Moses leading the Jewish people to freedom from slavery in Egypt. Abigail is being viewed as the Moses of Salem, which is IRONIC because she is actually the cause of all their problems.
400
How many texts will you need to use in the argument essay?
3
400
When you are reading the article/graph passages AND the controlling idea passages, what can you USE if you are stuck for ideas?
What are the multiple choice questions?
500
You can bring one of these, but you cannot be give one of these.
what is a highlighter
500
The author of THE GIVER
Who is Lois Lowry?
500
The name of the town in which TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD takes place
What is MAYCOMB, ALABAMA?
500
How many points can you get between BOTH essays?
10
500
The number of novels/plays you must use on the Critical Lens task AND the number of literary elements you must use for EACH work
What is two?
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