Part 1: Reading Comprehension
The number of passages in this section.
What are three passages?
The number of multiple choice questions in this section.
What is 24 multiple choice questions?
The type of writing this section asks you to write.
What is an argumentative essay?
This section should have this amount of paragraphs.
What are 2 paragraphs?
Evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
What is mood?
To get rid of answers that immediately appear incorrect.
What is process of elimination?
This strategy of writing it above the multiple choice questions helps shape our understanding of the text, which will help you answer more MC questions correctly.
What is writing the central idea?
The amount of texts you need to use in this section.
What are three texts?
This develops the central idea.
What is a writing strategy?
The writing utensil you may not use on the essay portions of your exam.
What is a pencil?
Making a boring text come to life.
What is visualizing the text?
To understand what the question is really asking you.
Why do we identify the skill the question is asking?
An opinion you are proving.
What is a claim?
The two easiest literary elements to use to develop the central idea.
What are conflict and characterization?
The definition of rhetoric.
What is the art of speaking or writing persuasively?
The amount of time that you should spend on this section of the exam.
What is 30-45 minutes?
Words or details within a text that allow you to determine the meaning of a single word.
What are context clues?
Comes after the counterclaim.
What is a rebuttal?
Strengthens your response and gives you a higher score.
What is thorough analysis?
Language that appeals to the five senses.
What is imagery?
The format that Passage B usually follows.
What is a poem?
Ensuring you selected the correct answer choice.
Why do we find evidence to support the right answer?
Placing plus and minuses as you read.
What is annotating, collecting evidence as you read?
This makes strong analysis in Part 3.
What is explaining what the quote means, explaining how the quote proves the central idea, and explaining how the quote proves the writing strategy?
Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
What is juxtaposition?