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 is "The Situation"/purpose box?
100
The author of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Who is Harper Lee?
100
The literary element used very heavily in OF MICE AND MEN, with examples such as the farm, hands, mice, and the gun.
What is symbolism?
100
The number of tasks 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
The primary note-taking strategy you should utilize during the listening section
What is listening both times, using the second time to fill in the blanks?
200
The author of Macbeth
Who is William Shakespeare?
200
A symbol of innocence in Harper Lee's novel
What is the mockingbird?
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?
300
You need to be careful on the article/graph task...sometimes, they ask you to choose a side on a controversial topic to argue, and sometimes they TELL you which side you argue. This tool is a strategy you can use to organize your information after you read and before you start writing.
What is a T-chart?
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
The Critical Lens is at this location on the test.
What is Day Two, Task Two...the last essay you write?
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
The third essay you will write (the first one you will do on the second day)
What is the controlling idea?
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
The question you should write down for yourself before you begin reading the controlling idea passages; this question will help you write your controlling idea
Why is ____________ important?
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
The essay you move on to on the first day AFTER doing the listening task
What is the article/graphic PERSUASIVE essay
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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