Keystone Exam Flashcards
Practice for keystones!!
Purpose of Keystone Exam
- So the state can see you are absorbing what you are learning/have learned
- To see how well your teacher has taught you
- Assess the school’s quality + funding
- Graduation requirement
Author’s Purpose
- Shows their attitude towards their topic
- Hidden meaning behind why they wrote the passage
- Author’s personal events can influence their purpose
- PIE (Persuade, Inform, Entertain)
Purpose of Personification
- Helps to characterize
- Supports the plot
- Reveals plot and details
Purpose of Simile/Metaphor
- Help readers get a better understanding and visualization of the concepts being described by making a comparison
Purpose of Flashback
- Recounts events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events to fill in the crucial backstory
- Builds on curiosity
- Gives important info about the character
Purpose of Imagery
- Allows readers to visualize what is happening and It engages their sense to deepen their comprehension
Purpose of Symbolism
- Plays an important role in creating a certain mood, feeling, or emotion within a work
- Authors use symbolism to explain an idea or concept to their readers in a poetic manner without saying it outright
- Makes the story more interesting
- Helps to reveal the theme
Purpose of Foreshadowing
- Helps to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story
- Useful for creating suspense, curiosity, or a feeling of unease
- Dramatic tension
Purpose of Dialect
- Helps writers bring their characters alive through expression & how they speak, or what they say and why they say it
- Creates a character’s own, unique voice
- Makes characters seem real when readers are part of the action
- Can determine the setting
Purpose of Satire
- To criticize or ridicule some aspect of human behavior
- Promotes change
- Humerus way to diss something one doesn’t like
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Fiction = literature created from the imagination
Nonfiction = literature based off fact; broadest category of literature
Acronym for Constructed Response rubric requirements
Clear, complete, accurate, relevant, specific (CCARS)
How many minimum pieces of evidence do I need to include in each constructed response
2- TWO!!!!
Do I need to include in-text citations for my evidence in constructed responses? (no author or page number)
NAURRRRR
What are the key elements of a constructed response?
- Thesis statement
- Context (2-3 sentences)
- Evidence #1
- Analysis #1 (2-3 sent.)
- Evidence #2
- Analysis #2 (2-3 sent.)
- Conclusion Statement
How many paragraphs is a constructed response?
1- ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is the MOST important thing about perfecting your approach to responding to constructed responses?
ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE PROMPT.
Main Idea
What details add up to; the key information author wants the reader to know after reading (typically is one sentence).
How to FIND the main idea
-Identify the commonality between all of the supporting details
Connotation
-The way a word feels; the context around it
- Words’ denotations may be the same, but they can feel different
- Helps reveal tone & how it supports the theme
- Words may have neutral, positive, or negative connotations, but they may also be personal or more fitting
Denotation
- Dictionary definition
Test Taking Strat: Using connotation to answer vocabulary questions
Consider the feeling that a vocab word gives you in order to determine the answer.
Test Taking Strat: All of the Above
If an answer has the answer option of “all of the above”, it is most likely to be the correct answer.
Test Taking Strat: Beware of answers with absolutes
Answer choices with absolute words, such as “never” and “always” are typically not the answer.
Test Taking Strat: Read the entire answer
Obvious answers are usually in the second half of the sentence; sometimes there are distractive answers
Test Taking Strat: Skip hard questions, answer the ones you know first then go back to it
If you are stuck on a question, move onto the next one instead of dwelling on the one that you cannot get.
Test Taking Strat: Read the question before reading the passage
Assists in helping the reader get an idea of the structure of the text & gives them some context; encourages the transfer of knowledge & fosters engagement. Reading with a purpose helps you connect and understand a passage.
Test Taking Strat: Answer the question in your head before looking at the answers
Before looking at the answer choices, use your own thoughts to formulate an answer because if you think of an answer and it is there as a choice, then it will most likely be the answer.
Test Taking Strat: Read every answer
You may miss a better answer choice if you do not read all the answers.
Test Taking Strat: Context clues
Words or phrases in a sentence or text that help to reason out the meaning of unfamiliar words; you should also notice prefixes, suffixes, and affixes
Rhythm
The beat & pace of a poem
Rhyme Scheme
Pattern of rhymes that typically shows up at the end of a line or verse
Enjambment
Continuation of a sentence/clause across a line break; incomplete syntax where a sentence runs into the next without punctuation
Stanza
A group of two or more lines combined into a unit
Free verse
Open poetry without rhymes
Blank verse
Open poetry using iambic pentameter
Sonnet
14-line iambic pentameter, thematic organization, & multiple rhyme schemes
Couplet
2 lines of verse that follow one another to form a singular thought
Line Break
Termination of one line & the beginning of a new line; serves to help create feeling of continuous movement
Illusion
A false belief; to make someone believe that a something is happening/a character will do something, only for them to not
Effect of first-person POV
Creates instant intimacy + an emotional bond with the reader
Effect of second-person POV
Allows the reader to take part in the events of the story
Effect of third-person POV
Allows the reader to be aware of the emotions and actions of multiple characters, making way for greater insight and creating distance between the reader & the story
