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The Exam Itself
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Totally Unrelated Trivia
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Name the sections of the exam.
Multiple Choice, Essay, Short Response
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How many multiple choice questions are on the exam?
24
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What do you have to do for part 2 of the exam? For 500 points: what are they testing in part 2?
Write an argument essay using 3 of 4 provided texts and a topic question.
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How long should your response for part 3 be?
3 paragraphs
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What pet does Ms Murphy own? Triple points if you know his name.
A cat named Brewster
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How many texts will you be reading throughout the entire exam?
8
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How long does Murphy think the multiple choice section should take you?
40-50 mins (any answer in that range = acceptable)
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How many paragraphs should this response be, and what are the required pieces of those paragraphs?
5; 1 intro, 1 conclusion, 1 good thesis, at least 2 claims, and at least 1 counterclaim.
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What goes into each paragraph of your part 3 response?
Paragraph 1 = theme Paragraph 2 = literary device
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In what continent is the world's first paved road?
Africa (it's in Egypt)
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How long does Murphy think all of the sections should take you to complete?
2 hrs, 40 minutes so you have 20 built-in minutes to take breaks, relax, stretch, and look back over your work.
300
What does Murphy REALLY want you to do before you even look at a text?
Go back and read the multiple choice questions and mark the lines they mention in the questions.
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How does one properly cite a source in an argument essay?
"Quote goes here" (text#, line#).
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What skills are they testing in part 3? (aka...what are you showing them you know how to do?)
Find and analyze a theme, and identify and explain the author's purpose of using one literary device
300
What color skin does a polar bear have?
Black
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What is the official name of the "short response" section?
Text-analysis response
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What three types of texts make up the multiple choice passages? (GENRES)
Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
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What should a complex argument essay thesis look like? FOR DOUBLE POINTS...how do you use it to make the topic sentences for each paragraph?
"Although some may believe that COUNTERCLAIM, it is more true that CLAIM because GOOD REASON."
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What should the topic sentence for your first paragraph look like?
"In TEXT NAME, AUTHOR NAME develops the idea that THEME/MAIN IDEA."
400
Before losing last week, how many games did the NY Rangers play in their last playoff hockey series against the Tampa Bay Lightning?
7
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What is the official name of the "essay" section?
(Argument) writing from sources
500
What do you do if you look at a question OR answer choice, and don't know the word?
Positive/Negative matching, word association, word replacement are all acceptable answers.
500
2 parts: 1) How should you NOT introduce quotes? 2) Show us a quote that is well-introduced.
By using "for example," "for instance," "in line 12 it says," "the author says..." etc. Examples for part 2 will vary.
500
What should the topic sentence for your second paragraph look like?
"AUTHOR develops the idea that RESTATE YOUR THEME through the use of NAME YOUR DEVICE."
500
Who is currently the leading Democratic candidate for the 2016 election season?
Hillary Clinton