It's All in the Timing
Read All About It!
Convince Me!
Tell Me a Story
And I Quote...
100
This is how many minutes you have to complete a reading portion of the NJASK.
What is 30 minutes?
100
When you are unable to decide what the correct answer to a multiple choice question is, try crossing out the answers you know are wrong using this proven test-taking strategy.
What is process of elimination?
100
This is the prewriting strategy for the persuasive essay (and what each letter stands for).
What is TORRR, Topic, Opinion, and 3 Reasons?
100
This is the pre-writing strategy for narrative writing, including what the letters stand for.
What is BME, Beginning, Middle, and End?
100
This is the prewriting strategy for Explanatory Quote Response essays (and what each letter stands for).
What is TEEC (Theme/Thesis, Extension 1, Extension 2, Conclusion)?
200
This is how long you have to complete a narrative or explanatory writing task.
What is 30 minutes?
200
This is why you might read the questions BEFORE you read the selected text.
What is to get a preview of what the reading will be about?
200
If you can't think of a third reason to support your opinion, you might try one of these two strategies.
What is offer an alternative or suggest a compromise?
200
When writing fiction, every story must have one of these struggles.
What is a conflict?
200
This is the number of paragraphs you should write for a quote response essay, as well as the content each paragraph should include.
What is four paragraphs. First paragraph: introduction, second paragraph, extension 1, third paragraph, extension 2, and fourth paragraph, conclusion.
300
This is how many minutes you will have to complete your persuasive writing task.
What is 45 minutes.
300
If you don't do this, you might not realize that, although A was a decent answer, D was so much better!
What is read all answer choices carefully?
300
This is another term for the persuasive essay, new to the NJASK this year.
What is "argument"?
300
"...The costume looks deceptively simple at first, just a fitted black jumpsuit that covers me from the neck down...Then he adjusts the light in the room to mimic twilight and presses a button just inside the fabric on my wrist. I look down, fascinated....I look as if I have been coated in glowing embers--no, that I am a glowing ember... The colors rise and fall, shift and blend, in exactly the way coals do." --Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire The passage above is an example of this kind of descriptive language.
What is imagery?
300
These are the elements you should include in an introduction to a quote response essay.
What are an attention-grabber, statement of quote, and thesis statement (interpretation of quote)?
400
The time you spend prewriting should probably last no longer than this many minutes.
What is five minutes?
400
This is what the open-ended question strategy, RACE, stands for.
What is Restate, Answer, Cite, and Extend?
400
These are the elements you should include in your introduction.
What are an attention grabber, explanation of the topic, statement of opinion, and summary of your reasons?
400
This is the correct way to write the following lines of dialogue: I am so ready for this test to be over squealed Brenda as she dotted the last i and crossed the last t in her essay. Me too agreed Barry. Isn't it summer yet?
What is "I am so ready for this test to be over!" squealed Brenda as she dotted the last i and crossed the last t in her essay. (new paragraph) "Me too!" agreed Barry. "Isn't it summer yet?"
400
This is the term used for a brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event. They make gread extensions for quote response essays!
What is an anecdote?
500
This is what you should be doing if you have time left over before the end of a writing task.
What is revising? (Includes improving sentence structure, using stronger vocabulary, adding imagery, figurative language, and transitions, and editing for grammar/mechanics.)
500
When you get to the "E" in race, these are the choices you have.
What is to extend to self, text, or world?
500
These are key elements you should include in the conclusion of your persuasive essay.
What are a restatement of your opinion, a summary of your reasons, and a strong closing statement.
500
"That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding on a dinosaur." The above statement is this type of figurative language.
What is hyperbole?
500
Another situation.... Additionally,... As you can see,... For instance,... These are all examples of this element necessary in any strong piece of writing.
What are transitions?
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