Test Mechanics
Essay
Reading
Revising and Editing
Questions
100

What are some of the tools you have on Eduphoria?

Dictionary, Change Color of Text, Change color of background, change mouse 

100
How many paragraphs should you have?

Between 4 -5

100

What are some tips to help with the reading portion?

Annotating, underline, re-read texts more than once.

100

What should you do if the question asks "Which sentence would you place in the second paragraph?"

Plug in each answer to find the one that makes the most sense. 

100
How do we attack the prompt?

We ANSWER the question with words in the prompt!

200

What should you do if you see a word you don't know?

LOOK IT UP!!

200

What is a counter argument?

Where we acknowledge someone else's point of view or some variation of. 
200

What does "Author's purpose" usually ask for?

The reason why they wrote the article or the main idea.

200

Rewrite vs. Revise

Rewrite = you can add, delete words, add punctuation, rearrange sentence

Revise = add/delete punctuation, change tenses

200

(1) Have you ever found yourself dreading a leisurely activity you had eagerly scheduled days or weeks in advance?

(2) I first caught myself doing this a few years ago when I was traveling home to Turkey. I had excitedly made plans to meet up with some old friends. But to my surprise, as the date approached, I started to feel reluctant and unenthusiastic about these long-awaited reunions.

(3) “I have to go get lunch with my friend,” I’d grouse to others, making it sound like a chore.

Based on paragraphs 1-3, what can we infer about the author?

A. The author wishes she felt differently about meeting up with friends.

B. The author believes she has been away from home too long.

C. The author is nervous about visiting people she has not seen for a while.

D. The author has made too many plans with friends.

A. The author wishes she felt differently about meeting up with friends.


300
How many questions is it?

52 questions

300

What should you have to get the full five points. 

Thesis, Evidence, Commentary, Capitalization, Punctuation, and Grammar conventions. 

300

In Poems that are difficult to understand I should...

TPCASTT It!

300

Which one is the correct way to spell possessive third person pronoun?

Their, They're, or There?

Their

300

What is most likely the reason the author included the words "grouse" and "chore" in paragraph 3?

(3) “I have to go get lunch with my friend,” I’d grouse to others, making it sound like a chore.

To convey a sense of dread, concern, skepticism, or regret?

Dread, what is dread

400

Does it have an scr, an ecr, or both?

Both!

400

How can you get a 0 on the essay?

Not do anything, SUMMARIZE, no text evidence, no Thesis.

400
How do we inference?

We use context clues to make an educated guess.

400

Fix this sentence: " we won't go to wal-mart today; its to hot outside

"We won't go to Wal-Mart today, it's too hot outside."

400

Google Doc - Paragraph 17

C.

500

How long do you have to take it?

All day (if needed)

500

How do you write your conclusion?

Re-state thesis + universal statement

500

List three literary devices:

Metaphors, Foreshadowing, Simile, Onomatopoeia, Personification, etc. 

500

Revise this sentence:


We are still looking for a house, and still looking for a school, and still looking for a job.

We are still looking for a house, school, and job.

500
Google Doc 

B