Writing
Reading
Grammar
Literary Terms
Test-Taking
100

If a prompt asks you to use evidence to support your answer, what should you do?

Use evidence/quotes to support your answer.

100

What are some annotation methods BESIDES defining words? (At least 2)

Ask questions

Make notes

Form connections

Underline/highlight important sections

INTERACT with the text in any way

100

When should you capitalize the first letter of a word?

At the beginning of the sentence or when using proper nouns.

100

What is denotation and connotation?

Denotation is the literal meaning of a word.


Connotation is how a word feels.

100

Is the EOC an accurate representation of your knowledge?

No. It's a dumb test made by dumb people.

200

What is ACE and how should it be used in your writing?

Argument

Citation

Explanation

This is the structure of your paragraphs.

200

How many times should you read something if you do not understand it?

As many as it takes (time permitting)

200

When should you italicize a work and when should you put it into quotation marks?

A full work, like a novel, play, or collection of short stories or poems is italicized. A smaller work, like a newspaper article, a poem, or a short story, is put into quotation marks.

200

What is a symbol? (Provide 2 examples from things we've read this year)

A symbol is a concrete object in a story which represents something else.

200

If you don't know the answer to a multiple choice question related to a passage, what should you do?

Go back to the passage and look for the answer. If you still can't find it, or time is low, use the process of elimination to weed out bad answers and take your best guess.

300

How should you construct your counterclaim in your argumentative essay?

Put yourself in the shoes of someone who disagrees with your thesis. Present an argument against your thesis that they might use. Then, use evidence to prove why their argument is invalid.

300

What should you do if you do not understand a passage? (at least 2 things)

Read it again.

Break it up into smaller chunks.

Annotate and/or paraphrase

Use what you DO know to figure out what you don't know.

300

Define noun, verb, and adjective and explain how they are used in sentences.

Noun- Person, place, thing, or idea

Verb- Action word

Adjective- Describes a noun

300

What is a theme? Give an example from something we've read this year (any book, play, short story, or poem)

The controlling idea or central insight of a piece of fiction. It is the unifying generalization about life stated or implied by the text. Theme can be defined as the purpose of the text. What view of life does the text support or what insight into life does the text reveal?

300

You've read a multiple choice question and you are reading through the answers. You read A and you know it is incorrect. You read B and you are pretty sure it is correct. What should you do?

Read C and D before making your choice. You should always pick the BEST possible answer. While B may be the correct answer, there may be a better answer.

400

Why should you not use the first person in your essays?

It weakens your writing.

I think Gatsby is great because he did everything he could to win back the love of his life.

vs.

Gatsby is great because he did everything he could to win back the love of his life.

400

Name the 4 steps of analyzing poetry.

1. Read the poem.

2. Annotate the poem

3. Paraphrase the poem

4. Analyze the poem for deeper meanings

400

What is the proper format for in-text citations?

Author's last name and the page number in parentheses at the end of the sentence where the quote appears, with the period right after.

i.e. (Fitzgerald 30).

400

What is a climax? 

The climax is the highest point of tension and drama in a story.

400

When is your EOC?

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 8:30

500

Why do we use quotes in our writing?

To provide evidence to support our arguments. Utilizing evidence is the BEST way to present a compelling argument, and an argument that fails to provide evidence should be met with skepticism.

500

Is 10 pages long?

No.

500

What should you do if you get a red or blue underline on a word or phrase?

CORRECT IT WHY ARE YOU JUST LEAVING IT PLEASE FIX IT PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
500

What is irony? (Give 1 example from something we've read this year)

When there are two contradictory meanings of the same situation (i.e. something unexpected happens).

500

You do not know the answer to a question. There are three multiple choice answers that are similar and one that is different. How should you guess?

Pick the outlier.