Text Analysis
The lesson or moral of the story, usually based on the theme.
What is the central idea?
An opinion that says what you think or believe about something
What is a claim?
How the character acts, thinks, or behaves
What is characterization?
How many points in the ENTIRE exam?
What is 56.
The three parts of the ELA regents exam are...
What is Multiple Choice, Argumentative Essay, and Text Analysis Response?
The main two requirements of a text analysis response are...
What are the central idea and writing strategy/literary element?
The number of different texts you must use for evidence.
What is three different texts?
When and where.
What is setting?
How many total points for multiple choice?
What is 24.
The minimum passing score of the ELA regents exam.
What is 65?
Some examples include figurative language, imagery conflict, setting, etc.
What is the literary element or writing strategy?
Rebuttal or opposite perspective.
What is a counterclaim?
The writer's way of deciding who is telling the story to whom.
What is Point of View?
The total number of points on the Part 2 argument essay?
What is 24.
The date and time of ELA Regents Exam.
When is August 19 at 8am?
What literary element best shows a person or animal struggling?
What is conflict?
The number of paragraphs you must have in an argumentative essay.
What is 4 paragraphs?
Personification
What is giving human characteristics to something nonhuman?
How many total points is the Part 3 text analysis worth?
What is 8 points.
Name one multiple choice test-taking strategy.
What is process of elimination?
According to the ELA regents exam rubric, the highest possible grade you can get on a text analysis response is...
What is 4/4?
The counterclaim of: Self-driving cars should replace human drivers.
Self-driving cars should not replace human drivers.
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
The total number of points needed to pass the exam with a 65%?
What is 32.
Which section of the exam should we begin first? (MC questions / text analysis response / argument essay)
What is an argument essay?