Basics of the Test
This is Part 1 of the New York State English Regents Exam.
What is Reading Comprehension?
This is the number of texts provided in Part II of the exam The Argument Essay.
What is 4?
These are the TWO different things you must identify in the literary passage and in order to write your analysis
What is a central idea and one writing strategy?
The time, place, and situation in which a story takes place. This can help convey important information about the world that impact other literary elements, like plot and theme.
What is SETTING?
This is a story's central turning point—the moment of peak tension or conflict—which all the preceding plot developments have been leading up to.
What is CLIMAX?
This is Part II of the New York State English Regents Exam
What is the Argument Essay?
This is the minimum number of texts you MUST use evidence from when writing your response.
What is 3?
This is how you should annotate the literary excerpt while you are reading through it.
What is mark up any literary elements you find and keep asking yourself what the central idea seems to be?
This is the term for how the way the beginning, middle, and end of a text are put together might reflect some important meaning.
What is STRUCTURE?
This is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is SIMILE?
This is Part III of the New York State English Regents Exam.
What is the Text-Analysis Response?
This is how you should annotate the texts for the Argument Essay.
What is use two different highlighters (or a +/- mark) to indicate evidence that supports the different sides of the argument?
This is the total number of paragraphs suggested for your Text-Analysis Response
What is 2-3 well-developed paragraphs?
This is the term for the literary device where a contrast is evident between expectation and reality.
What is IRONY?
The is the term for the problem that the main character has to face within a text.
What is CONFLICT?
This is the exact number of questions in every Reading Comprehension section of the NYS English Regents
What is 24?
This is something you should do between reading all provided texts in Part II and attempting to write the actual essay.
What is write an outline including a sophisticated claim, 2-3 reasons to support your claim, and a counterclaim?
This is the literary term for when an object, place, character, etc. is meant to represent another idea.
What is SYMBOLISM?
This can be developed through physical description, the words and actions of a character, and the way others react to the character.
What is CHARACTERIZATION?
This is the maximum amount of time allowed for taking the entire NYS Regents Exam.
What is 3 hours?
This is the highest score you can get on Part II.
What is 6?
This is the highest score your can earn on Part III.
What is 4?
This is the literary element for the attitude of the author toward the subject matter.
What is TONE?
This can be visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory.
What is IMAGERY?