Basics for taking the test.
Check that your test has your own name on it.
What do you do when you first get down to the gym?
Underline and highlight the lines the questions ask you to look at.
What do you do before you read the article?
3 of the four texts.
How many texts do you have to use on the Part 2?
Only one literary device.
How many literary devices you use in your part 3?
A black pen and a highlighter.
What are you allowed to have on your person during the regents?
What do you do if you're unsure of what the question's answer is?
A counterclaim.
What is the best way to acknowledge the other side of your argument?
AT LEAST two. If you write three, you have a better chance to get points.
How many paragraphs should you write?
1 hour and 30 minutes.
How long before you're allowed to leave from taking the regents?
Eliminating the answers that you know are false.
What is the first thing you do when analyzing the answers for the MC section?
Your own personal opinion.
What doesn't matter on the part 2 of the regents exam?
Ask to go to the bathroom.
What to you do when you feel antsy or distracted?
"X" out the multiple choice question.
What do you do if you bubble in the wrong answer?
Reading the lines that surround the indicated lines.
What do you do when answering a question that asks you to look at line numbers.
-What you're arguing.
-Why it's true
-Why it matters
Components of your thesis statement.
The two that you can always use.
POV and characterization (conflict works great TOO)
The time you have to be at the school ; the time the exam starts.
Read the title and the context for the piece at the beginning and ending of the text.
What's the first thing you read when you encounter a reading passage?
Either after the intro or right before the conclusion.
Where do the concessions go in your essay?
Refers to the narrator of the text, not the author of the text.
What does POV mean when talking about literary technique?