Keystone Exam

Question 1

Purpose of Keystone Exam

Answer 1

• the state can see if you have absorbed information you are supposed to know
• the state can see how well the teacher is doing an adequate job
• reflect and district and determine funding
• graduation requirement

Question 2

Authors Purpose

Answer 2

• attitude towards the writing/topics-hidden meaning or reasoning for why the piece was written
• think about authors life and how that may influence thoughts or opinions
• persuade, inform, entertain

Question 3

Purpose of Satire

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Authors will use satire to criticise or ridicule some aspect of human behavior. This is often to promote change. Satire is a humorous way to diss something you dont like

Question 4

Purpose of Symbolism

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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. It makes their story more complex and interesting. Also helps to develop theme

Question 5

Purpose of Simile/Metaphor

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Authors use similes and metaphors in their writing to help readers get a better understanding that visualization of the concepts being described by making a comparison

Question 6

Purpose of Imagery

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

Question 7

Purpose of Foreshadowing

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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. Also creates dramatic tension

Question 8

Purpose of Dialect

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Dialect helps writers bring their characters alive through expression and 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

Question 9

Purpose of Personification

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Used to visualize and bring the reader in the story, characterize through giving lifelike characteristics to non-human things, add detail and moves the story

Question 10

Purpose of Flashback

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Recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events to fill in crucial backstory. Gives reason for the actions the characters make, builds curiosity and motivations

Question 11

Fiction vs. Non-Fiction

Answer 11

Fiction refers to literature created from the imagination. Non-fiction refers to literature based in fact and is the broadest category of literature

Question 12

Acronym for Constructed Response rubric requirement

Answer 12

Clear Complete Accurate Relevant Specific

Question 13

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

Answer 13

TWO

Question 14

Do I need to include in-text citations for my evidence in Constructed Response?

Answer 14

NO

Question 15

What are the key elements of a constructed response?

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1. thesis 2. context (1-2 sentences) 3. evidence #1 4. analysis for #1 (2-3 sentences) 5. evidence #2 6. analysis for #2 7. concluding sentence

Question 16

How many paragraphs is a constructed response?

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ONE

Question 17

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

Answer 17

ANSWER THE PROMPT

Question 18

Main Idea

Answer 18

the key information that the author wants you to know after reading

Question 19

How to find main idea

Answer 19

• identify supporting details and think about what they all have in common
• find the topic sentence and THEN find the supporting details to identify what the paragraphs have in common
• pay attention to the idea/s that are repeated throughout the text
• look for a sentence that explicitly states the main idea
• answer the question first (find the main idea first in your head) THEN look at the answer choices
• look for reversal transition words (nonetheless, however, although, more or less..)

Question 20

Connotation

Answer 20

• the feeling that a word evokes
• can help reveal tone
• how do the words in the story make me feel?
• connotation is subjective
• can use other words besides positive and negative
• ONE WORD

Question 21

Denotation

Answer 21

• dictionary definition

Question 22

Test Taking Strategy; use connotation to answer vocabulary question

Answer 22

consider the feeling that a vocabulary word gives you in order to determine the answer

Question 23

Test Taking Strategy; all of the above

Answer 23

a question has the answer option of “all of the above”, it is most likely the correct answer

Question 24

Test Taking Strategy; answers with absolutes in them

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an answer has an absolute in it like “never” and “always” that ARE NOT the answer

Question 25

Test Taking Strategy; read the question before reading the passage

Answer 25

reading the question first helps students access and use their prior knowledge as they construct meaning from a text

Question 26

Test Taking Strategy; read the entire answer

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the obvious answer is typically in the second half of the answer; could miss something if not ready fully

Question 27

Test Taking Strategy; skip the hard questions, and answer the ones you know first, then come back

Answer 27

by moving on you can finish the rest of the test quickly and not stress yourself out about the amount you need to finish

Question 28

Test Taking Strategy; answer the question in your head before looking at the answers

Answer 28

before looking at the answer choices, read the questions and formulate an answer in your head

Question 29

Test Taking Strategy; read every answer

Answer 29

you might miss a better answer if you skip some

Question 30

Test Taking Strategy; context clues and prefix, affix, suffix

Answer 30

words and phrases in a sentence, paragraph, and/or whole text, which help reason out the meaning of an unfamiliar word

Question 31

Rhythm

Answer 31

movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like

Question 32

Rhyme Scheme

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the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

Question 33

Enjambment

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

Question 34

Stanza

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a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line or indentation

Question 35

Free Verse

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an open form of poetry

Question 36

Blank Verse

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poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter

Question 37

Sonnet

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a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization

Question 38

Couplet

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a pair of end-rhymed lines of verse that are self-contained in grammatical structure and meaning

Question 39

Line Break

Answer 39

the point at which two lines of text are split; the end of a line

Question 40

Illusion

Answer 40

something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality

Question 41

Effect of First Person POV

Question 42

Effect of Second Person POV

Question 43

Effect of Third Person POV