Multiple Choice
Argument
Text Analysis
Literary Techniques
Potpourri
100

There are 24.

What are multiple-choice questions? 

100

A sentence that introduces and clearly identfies the main idea of your essay. 

What is the claim? 

100

2-3 paragraphs. 

What is the length of this response?
100

A comparison between unlike objects using the words "like" or "as." 

What is a simile?

100

Charlotte Perkins Gilman. 

What early American feminist writer wrote the Yellow Wallpaper? 

200

They are worth one point each. 

What are multiple choice questions? 

200

Alternate or opposing viewpoints. 

What are counterclaims?

200

The main idea or message of a specific text. 

What is a central idea? 

200

Language appealing to the five senses. 

What is imagery?

200

Joy Harjo

What Native American poet wrote When the World as We Knew it Ended?

300

These are the three sections of the multiple-choice section. 

What are fiction, non-fiction, and poetry?

300
AT LEAST Three

How many texts must you directly. reference in the essay? 

300

You must discuss how JUST one of these develops the central idea. 

What is a literary technique?

300

The author or narrator's attitude toward their subject. 

What is the tone? 

300

Elite college students are struggling with this. 

What is the reading load? 

400

Crossing out obviously incorrect answers. 

Process of elimination. 

400

Six points

What is the highest score possible on the argument essay?

400

Four out of four possible points. 

What is the text analysis worth? 

400

A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

What is an anecdote?
400

Margaret Atwood, Kate Chopin, and Nella Larsen. 

Authors of novels we read this quarter: The Handmaid's Tale, the Awakening, and Passing.

500

About 45 minutes to one hour. 

How much time should I spend on this section (if I have standard time)? 

500

Pen

What must you use to write the argument essay?

500

30-45 minutes. 

How much time should I spend working on this response? 

500

Pathos, ethos, and logos. 

What are rhetorical techniques?

500
June 17 at 9am! 

When is the ELA Regents this year?