Students should be sure to do this when they are faced with an open-ended question/prompt.
What is carefully reading and re-reading the question?
100
This type of pre-writing is used to plan for an argumentative/persuasive essay
What are boxes & bullets?
100
A claim for an explanatory essay is very similar to the claims we wrote for our _________ essay.
What is a personal essay?
100
These are some key words that you might find and circle in a multiple choice question
What are all, sometimes, never, none, few, many, always, never, etc.
100
If the text contains a lot of words a student doesn't know, the student may do this.
What is blacking out the words?
200
A short response paragraph should be _____ sentences long and follow the ______ acronym.
What are six sentences/ ACES?
200
This is the most necessary component of strong essay writing
What is a claim (or argument)?
200
Pre-writing for an explanatory essay is completed using __________.
What are boxes and bullets?
200
This is the one thing you should never, ever, EVER do on a multiple choice question for the NJASK. (EVER)
What is leaving a bubble blank
200
Some call this part of the text the anchor AND students should refer back to it if they feel lost while reading.
What is the title?
300
Two paragraphs should be used to respond to this type of prompt
What is a two-bulleted question?
300
An essay response should include AT LEAST these paragraphs (provide both the number of paragraphs and the type of paragraphs)
What is an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion
300
Story mountains are used to plan narratives to ensure that your story has __________.
What is a fluid plot
300
What did I have you do for the Little Prince homework after answering each multiple choice question and why?
Write a sentence explaining your answer because it made you consider why you made your choice
300
These two portions of the text typically include the most important information
What is so significant about the first and last paragraphs of a text?
400
The acronym ACES stands for these words
What are "Answer" "Cite" "Explain" and "So what"?
400
Having one of these paragraphs is more important than having 3 body paragraphs
What is a conclusion?
400
A fluid plot includes a ________, _________, ________, _______, and ________
What is an exposition, rising action, climax/turning point, resolution, and lesson learned?
400
This is why students should read every possible answer
What is there may be more than one correct answer, and you are looking for the best, best answer?
400
Some students find it helpful to do this before they read the passages
What is previewing the questions?
500
This is the biggest mistake test takers make on the open-ended response
What is not answering the actual question?
500
A strong argumentative/persuasive essay has a claim, but it also has ______, _______, and a ________.
What are reasons, evidence, and a rebuttal.
500
These are the 4 compositional risks we discussed in class
What are foreshadowing, flashbacks/flashforwards, symbolism/recurring images, and figurative language.
500
List five tricks for multiple choice test taking
Read every word, cover options and guess, be able to defend your answer, figure out what is the best, best choice, underline key words, and never leave a bubble blank
500
What could help you if you are having trouble understanding a text? (3 tips)
Look at the title, features, first and last paragraphs, or cross out unknown words.