Test-Taking Strategies
Titles and Authors
Literary Elements
Test Format
Test-Taking Strategies--pt. 2
100
The first thing you look at on every task of the Regents exam
What are the directions
100
The author of Interpreter of Maladies
Who is Jhumpa Lahiri
100
The literary element used in A Raisin in the sun. Examples are the house, George's shoes, Mama's plant
What is symbolism?
100
The number of parts on the NYS English Regents
What is four?
100
The number of times the listening passage will be read to you
What is two?
200
What you should do during BOTH listening passages
take notes
200
The author of A Raisin in the Sun
Who is Lorraine Hansberry
200
This is the definition of characterization
How the author develops the characters
200
The very first task you will do is the ___________ section
What is listening?
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 or replacing the words for words you feel more comfortable with
300
What you should do before reading a multiple choice passage
What is read the questions
300
The name of the story about Shoba and Shukumar and their miscarriage
What is "A Temporary Matter"
300
This is the main problem of a story
What is conflict
300
The Critical Lens is at this location on the test.
The last section
300
The strategy you can use when you are stuck on the multpile choice
what is process of elimination
400
The question you can ask yourself when thinking about the controlling idea
What are the passages saying about the topic?
400
The name of the story with Mrs. Das and Mr. Kapasi
What is 'Interpreter of Maladies"
400
This is vivid descriptions using sensory details
What is imagery?
400
This is what paragraph you will write right after you do the controlling idea
What is literary terms paragraph
400
This is the structure of the body paragraphs in the critical lens essay
what is TIED
500
This is the total number of paragraphs you have to write on the regents, including the critical lens
what is 6
500
The title of the story about a man who meets an old woman named Mrs. Croft when he comes to the united states
What is "The Third and Final Continent"
500
This is a personal story
An anecdote
500
This is the amount of passages you will use to write a controlling idea
what is 2
500
This is what should be included in the intro of your critical lens essay
What is agreeing/disagreeing with the quote, restate the quote, put the quote in your own words, 2 works of literature
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