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
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
a simile uses "like" or "as"
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 following is an example of what literary element? …When the short days of winter came dusk fell before we had well eaten our dinners. When we met in the street the houses had grown sombre. The space of sky above us was the colour of ever-changing violet and towards it the lamps of the street lifted their feeble lanterns. The cold air stung us and we played till our bodies glowed. Our shouts echoed in the silent street.
What is imagery?
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
The following is an example of what literary element: A discordant mind, black with confusion and despair, would finish me off as thoroughly as the cold. Discipline of this sort is not easy. Even in April’s and May’s serenity I had failed to master it entirely
What is internal conflict
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
Define tone.
the attitude of a piece of writing
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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