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Purpose of Keystone exam.

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-So the state can understand that you are learning
-Know the necessary requirements to survive out of high school
-To see how well the teacher as taught you
-Assess Neshaminy as a school.
-Graduation requirement

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Authors Purpose

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-Attitude towards topic
-Hidden meaning of text
-Think of authors life and events that happened
-PIE Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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Purpose of Dialect

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helps writers bring their characters alive through expression and how they speak. Creates character’s unique voice. Makes characters seem real when readers are part of the action.

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Purpose of Satire

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Authors use it to criticize some aspects of human behavior. Often to promote change. Satire is a humorous way to diss something you don’t like.

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Purpose of Imagery

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It allows readers to visualize what is happening and it engages their senses to deepen their comprehension.

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Purpose Personification

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Setting or animal revives a life long characteristic that helps to reveal plot.
Helps to characterize. Adds detail. Connects reader to story.

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Purpose of Flashback

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To recount important events that happeneded before. Helps to characterize, and give key information about the story. Gives reason for actions of the characters.

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Purpose of Simile Metaphor

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Authors use them to get a better understanding and visualization of the concepts being described by making a comparison.

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Purpose of Foreshadowing

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Helps to give an indication or a hint of what will come later in the story. Useful for creating dramatic tension, curiosity, or a feeling of unease.

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Purpose of Symbolism

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Creates mood, feelings and emotions. Explains ideas or concepts without saying them outright. Makes the story more complete and interesting. Helps to reveal theme.

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Fiction VS Nonfiction

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Fiction is literature from imagination. Nonfiction is literature based on fact.

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Loose Sentence

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A sentence structure in which a main clause is followed by subordinate phrases and clauses.

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Acronym for Constructed Response Rubric Requirments

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Clear Complete Accurate Relevant Specific

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How many minimum pieces of evidence do I need to include in each Constructed Response

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2 TWO 2 !!!!!!

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Do I need to include in-text citations for my evidence in constructed responses?

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NO MAAM NO NON ON ONO NO NO NO NO NO NON ON ON O

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What are the Key Elements of a constructed response?

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  1. Thesis 2. Context (1-2 sentences) 3. Evidence one 4. Analysis (2-3 sentences) 5. Evidence two 6. Analysis two 7. Concluding sentence gang gang
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HOW MANY PARAGRAPHS IS A CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE?

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one

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What is the MOST important thing about perfecting your approach to constructed responses?

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ANSWER THE PROMPT PROMPT PROMPT

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Main Idea

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The key information that the author wants you to know. ONE SENTENCE

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How to find Main Idea

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Take the important details and find what they have in common.
-Find the topic
-Ask what the author wants me to know
-Read first and last sentences
-Find anything repeated
-They might just state the main idea outright.
-LOOK FOR REVERSAL TRANSITIONS (but, conversely, even so)

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Connotation

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The a way a word makes you feel. How Culture flows around a word.
Can help reveal TONE!!!!!
Can express an opinion
NOT JUST POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, AND NEUTRAL

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Denotation

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Dictionary Definition of a word.

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Test taking strat: Use connotation to answer vocab questions

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Idk what these words mean. Do they have a positive or negative connotation?

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Test taking strat: All of the Above

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its probably right if it has all of the above

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Test taking strat: Answers with “absolutes”

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“always” “never”

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Test taking strat: Read the entire answer

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The obvious answer is typically in the second half of the answer.

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Test taking strat: Skip the hard questions and answer what you know

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The test will always allow you to go back to change answers that you are not 100% sure about.

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Test taking strat: Read the questions before reading the passage.

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If you do this you can find words you will need to know for the questions while you are reading.

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Test taking strat: Answer the question in your head before looking at the answers.

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Thinking about your answer can help you find the one that connects closest to your opinion.

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Test taking strat: Context clues, prefix, affix, suffix

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Use the parts of a word that you already know to develop an answer.

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Rhythm

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recurrence of specific sounds in a poem

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Rhyme Scheme

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the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ENDS OF THE LINES of a poem or verse.

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Enjambment

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the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

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Stanza

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a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

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Free Verse

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poetry no rhyme

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Blank Verse

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verse without rhyme BUT HAS RHYTHM

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Sonnet

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a poem of fourteen lines

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Couplet

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two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

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Line Break

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the termination of the line of a poem and the beginning of a new line.

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Illusion

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when the writer chooses to create an image that deceives the reader, making them believe something that’s untrue.

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Effect of first-person POV

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By allowing the reader to experience the story through the eyes and emotions of a character, the narrative becomes more personal and relatable.

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Effect of second-person POV

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It forces the reader into the story, making them part of the action and complicit in events

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Effect of third-person POV

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may offer the reader a variety of character perspectives, furthering their chance to develop empathy

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