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Speculative
Open-Ended Q's
Persuasive
Multiple Choice
Misc.
100
What should you include in the first paragraph?
what, when, where, and why
100
How should you answer an open-ended questions?
RACE
100
What is the point of persuasive writing?
To win the argument.
100
What should you do first?
Read the questions?
100
Why narrow down the possible answers?
Guessing one out of two is easier than one out of four.
200
What elements should your story have?
transitions, figurative language, characters, dialogue, showing not telling, and description.
200
What does R stand for and what do you do?
Restate. Restate the questions.
200
What is what should every body paragraph include?
Reasons and support for your argument.
200
What do you do if you do not know the answer?
Try to narrow the possible answers down.
200
As soon as you are given a writing task, what two things should you write down?
The type of writing it is and make a checklist.
300
What is the most important part of the speculative prompt?
Problem/Solution
300
What are three types of connections you can make?
Text to text, text to self, and text to world
300
What should you do if you can't think of facts or real-life stories to support your answer?
Make them up.
300
Can you write on the test booklet?
Yeppers
300
What should you do in all your body paragraphs for an explanatory quote?
Make one connection per paragraph.
400
When should you start a new paragraph?
New speaker, new setting, new events.
400
When making connections, what should you never do?
Make connections to your answer.
400
What do you do if you cannot think of a third reason for your argument?
Only have two.
400
How much time should you give yourself to read the passage?
10 Minutes
400
Why is the language arts portion of NJASK easier than all the other sections?
All the answers are already there.
500
How should your story start?
Hook
500
What is the proper way to cite?
In pargraph... it says "..." On page... it states "..." The author says "..."
500
What are the 8 things your persuasive essay should have?
Hook, thesis, transition, topic sentences, support, examples, restate reasons, so what.
500
What should you do if you do not know a word they are asking a definition for?
use the words around it.
500
How do you answer a explanatory quote?
Restate the quote, define it, write why it is important to you.