Keystone Exam

Question 1

Purpose of Keystone Exam

Answer 1

• Graduation Requirement
• To assess a student skills in a subject
• Assesses teacher ability
• School Funding

Question 2

Author’s Purpose

Answer 2

-Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Question 3

Satire

Answer 3

Creat awarenesss and motivation for change. An author might choose to include satire to entertain and throught-provoke as well as express their opinions on sensitive issues.

Question 4

Foreshadowing

Answer 4

Provides an element of curosity and suspense as to what will come . Can increase narrative tension and allows for a sort of dramatic irony as the reader knows something the reader doesnt.

Question 5

Dialect

Answer 5

Powerful tool that brings more life to characters and make them unique, illustrates their origins, cultural background or social class. Can help build context of setting.

Question 6

Symbolism

Answer 6

Create meaning and emotion in the story by making one thing represent something else. Used to represent an idea, quality or theme.

Question 7

Simile/Metaphore

Answer 7

Enhance understanding by compairing unfamiliar ideas to familiar ideas. Adds depth to text by making connections and characterizes.

Question 8

Imagery

Answer 8

Connect to personal aspects, experiences or memories of the reader. It can enhance the reader’s rendition of the text by immersing them deeper by appealing to senses

Question 9

Personification

Answer 9

Makes inatimate objects relateable to the reader. Helps reader connect more with the story, emphasizes non-human characters with human characteristics.

Question 10

Flashback

Answer 10

Recount events that happened prior to the story’s primary sequence of events. Fill in crucial backstory. To provide essential context to the plot or character to keep the reader engaged.

Question 11

Fiction V NonFiction

Answer 11

Fiction refers to literature created from the imagination. Nonfiction is literature based in fact.

Question 12

Hyperbole

Answer 12

to emphazise an idea/thought. To draw attention to a certain element in a story

Question 13

Acronym for Constructed Response rubric requirements

Answer 13

C(lear) C(omplete) A(ccurate) R(elavent) S(pecific)

Question 14

How many MINIMUM pieces of evidence need to be included in each response?

Answer 14

Two !!

Question 15

Do I need to cite quotes?

Answer 15

NO!!

Question 16

What are the key elements of a contructed response!

Answer 16

1. Thesis 2.Context (1-2 sentences) 3. Evidence 4. Analysis(2 sentences) 5.Evidence 6. Analysis 7.Concluding Sentence

Question 17

How many paragraphs of a constructed response?

Answer 17

ONE!!

Question 18

MOST important thing about perfecting your approach to responding to constructed response?

Answer 18

ANSWERING THE PROMPT

Question 19

Main Idea

Answer 19

The Key Information that the Author wants you to know after you finished reading the text.

Question 20

How to find the Main Idea

Answer 20

• Take supporting details and find out how they are connected.
• Answers the question ẅhat does the author want me to know about the topic?”or ẅhat is the author teaching me?¨
  -often stated in a simple sentence
  -look for ideas that are repeated/states in different ways
  -look for reversal transition (although…however.. etc.)
  -test you main idea by asking if it serves as a summary for all other sententances