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Short Response and Essay Writing
Test-Taking Strategies
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To find the similarities between two things is to compare; to find the differences between two things is called THIS

Contrast


100
The number of possible points for a short response question
What is 2
100

Your short response answers should include this many details from the text.

What is 2-3?

100
When answering multiple choice questions, what strategy should you use to make sure you have the best possible answer?
What is process of elimination
200

The qualities that make up a character's personality, including how he or she thinks, acts, feels, and behaves

character traits


200
Your extended response essay should include...
Introduction, 2 body paragraphs, conclusion
200

You should always use RICE to answer short response questions. The letters in RICE stand for these three words.

What are Restate, Identify, Cite, and Explain?

200
When you take notes along while reading a passage or article
What is annotating
300

If you're unsure of an answer about a reading passage, you should ALWAYS do this.

Look back in the text
300
You must always use this to support your answer.
What is text evidence.
300

In this part of the essay, you should include plenty of text details and explain how those details support the point you're trying to make.

What are body paragraphs
300

Chunking is when you...

break down the text into smaller parts

400

Use THESE to help you figure out the meaning of any unfamiliar words in a text.

Context clues
400
A strong INTRODUCTION states these three things:
What is the title, author, and genre.
400

Your essay will be graded by the state on content and purpose, organization, conventions, and THIS very important category.

What is evidence 
400

To add details or explain with new understanding about what has already been said.


What is elaboration
500
While reading an asking questions, these are two questions that you should ask yourself.

1. What is the question asking me to do?

2. What evidence do I need to support my answer?

500
How many points is the short response? How many points is the extended response?
2 points, 4 points 
500
Xavier is trying to answer question #9 on the test and it's asking about how lines 11-15 contribute to the text but he's not sure of the answer. What should he do?
Refer back to the text.