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Test Day
Essay
Revising and Editing
Literary/Reading Terms
Miscellaneous
100
What time should you be at school on test day?
Normal time. 
100
What is the most important sentence in your essay?
Thesis statement!
100
Only eliminate an answer choice in what situation?
If you are 100% sure it's wrong and can explain WHY.
100
What does conflict mean in literature?
The main problem in the story.
100
Name at least ONE synonym for "THEME" or explain what a theme is.
It is the message, moral, advice, truth, lesson, or main idea of a story. It usually contains an abstract noun.
200
Name at least one device that is prohibited on the day of the test and that must be turned off and put in your backpack.
What is a cell phone, smart watch, e-book reader, and/or music player. Any electronic device is unacceptable.
200
What should you do BEFORE writing your essay?
BRAINSTORM and CREATE A THESIS.
200
Explain what a comma splice error is.
It is when two complete sentences are joined with only a comma. A comma isn't strong enough to do this. It needs a conjunction (FANBOYS) to support it, or you can replace it with an AAAWWUUBBIST, period, or semicolon.
200
Name at least three figurative language devices and define them.
Metaphor Simile Personification Hyperbole Understatement Paradox Oxymoron Allusion Imagery ETC.
200
What must you remember about your essay audience? 
That they might know what you're talking about!
300
True or false: You will be allowed to use a Dictionary and Thesaurus except for the revising and editing section
False; you can use a dictionary on ANY part of the test. You may even request a bilingual dictionary if necessary.
300
Name at least THREE types of examples you can use to support your thesis.
1.) Academic (Literature, history, science, current events/news, etc.) 2.) Pop culture (Movies, TV shows, video games, celebrities, etc.) 3.) Personal experience or hypothetical (made up) examples
300
When do you use a semicolon? 
If there's a sentence on both sides. 


If you can replace it with a period. 

300
When a question is asking you for a summary of the passage or plot, what does the answer need to include?
The beginning, middle, and end.
300
What is 3-10-10-3? 
You should know!
400
True or False: On the day of the test, you should dress in layers, eat a good breakfast, bring a small snack and bottle of water, and a book to read.
True! On the day of the test, you should dress in layers, eat a good breakfast, bring a small snack and bottle of water, and a book to read if you finish early. (If you erase a lot, bring a good eraser. If you have allergies, bring tissues!) You will get a sack lunch provided and there will be a short break, but you can bring your own lunch if desired.
400
What are the FOUR paragraphs that your essay should contain?
Introduction (Thesis) Example #1 Example #2 Conclusion (Restate thesis)
400
Name all the brushstrokes (all of which need to be separated from the main sentence with commas)?
Appositives Adjectives out of order Participles/Participial Phrases Absolute Phrases
400
What does point of view mean?
The narrator/who is telling the story. 1st person or 3rd person.
400
What is the most important part of the writing prompt? 
The WRITE part. 
500
True or False: You have 5 hours to work on both the writing and reading portion of the test, and you must have ALL of your answers BUBBLED in and completed on your answer document BEFORE time is called
TRUE. You have five hours to complete the test, and ALL answers MUST be bubbled in BEFORE time runs out. Take your time! Encourage your friends to take their time, too. :)
500
If you get stuck on your examples, use SWSBSI. What does each letter in this SEVEN letter acronym stand for?
Somebody Wanted So But So IF...
500
Explain the difference between punctuating a compound vs a complex sentence 
AAAWWWUUBIST: Depends on placement of the conjunction


FANBOYS: Comma BEFORE the FANBOYS 

500
What is irony? Give an example! 
Answers may vary 
500
Where can you find your testing assignment? 
On the spreadsheets posted in each building!!! GO TODAY!!