NJSLA Basics
These are the tasks that you must be familiar with for the NJSLA.
What are the RST, Literary Analysis, and Narrative tasks?
These are the number of sources that appear on the Research Simulation task.
What are three sources?
These are both the number of sources that appear on a Literary Analysis Task and the number of Sources you are asked to use in your Literary Analysis Essay.
What are two?
If you are asked to write from a different character's POV for the Narrative task, you must write in this POV.
What is first person?
These are the minimum number of paragraphs you must compose for any NJSLA writing task.
What are four?
This NJSLA Writing task is concerned with you synthesizing findings of nonfiction texts.
What is the Research Simulation task?
These are the number of sources you are required to use in your essay for the RST.
What are three?
Unlike the RST which does not use these sources, these types of sources will appear on a Literary Analysis Task.
What are fictional texts?
This, which is usually found in the last sentence of the introductory paragraph, is a term used to describe the main or central idea of your argument for both the RST and the Literary Analysis task.
What is the thesis statement?
When you encounter "Part A" and "Part B" questions, this is the best strategy for tackling them.
What is read BOTH parts A & B before selecting your answers?
This NJSLA task is concerned with you understanding and creating a story.
What is the Narrative task?
The Research Simulation Task will ask you to read and synthesize only these types of texts.
What are nonfiction texts?
In literature, this refers to how people in a story act or feel.
What is characterization?
This, also known as a claim, usually appears in the first sentence of the body paragraphs of your essay.
What is the topic sentence?
You should do this to make sure you answer the constructed/essay question correctly.
What is the "R.U.S.T" strategy?
Read and restate; understand/underline; figure out the structure/# of paragraphs; take time to plan.
This NJSLA task is concerned with you interpreting the meaning of fictional texts?
What is the Literary Analysis Task?
What are the types of sources you may receive on the RST?
what are
Two text and one form of media
In literature, this refers to the major issue or problem that characters in a story must overcome.
What is the conflict?
This explains what you provide to support the claims you make in your essays.
What is evidence?
Before you begin reading, what is the first step you should take and why?
What is read the prompt to guide your reading and annotations
This is the least amount of time you should take to write your essay.
What is 30 minutes
What do the letters, "A, N, T" stand for?
In literature, this refers to the message of the story.
What is theme?
These are three possible things you may be asked to do for the Narrative Writing Task.
What are continue the story, create an alternate ending, or change the POV?
To ensure your success on the NJSLA, if you are finished early, you can do this to make sure you have completed each question to the best of your ability.
What is go back and review your answers before submitting?