Keystone Exam Flashcards
Purpose of Keystone Exam
- 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
Authors Purpose
- 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
Purpose of Satire
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
Purpose of Symbolism
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
Purpose of Simile/Metaphor
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
Purpose of Imagery
It allows readers to visualize what is happening and it engages their senses to deepen their understanding
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. Also creates dramatic tension
Purpose of Dialect
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
Purpose of Personification
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
Purpose of Flashback
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
Fiction vs. Non-Fiction
Fiction refers to literature created from the imagination. Non-fiction refers to literature based in fact and is the broadest category of literature
Acronym for Constructed Response rubric requirement
Clear Complete Accurate Relevant Specific
How many minimum pieces of evidence do I need to include in each Constructed Response?
TWO
Do I need to include in-text citations for my evidence in Constructed Response?
NO
What are the key elements of a constructed response?
- 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
How many paragraphs is a constructed response?
ONE
What is the MOST important thing about perfecting your approach to responding to constructed response?
ANSWER THE PROMPT
Main Idea
the key information that the author wants you to know after reading
How to find main idea
- 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..)
Connotation
- 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
Denotation
- dictionary definition
Test Taking Strategy; use connotation to answer vocabulary question
consider the feeling that a vocabulary word gives you in order to determine the answer
Test Taking Strategy; all of the above
a question has the answer option of “all of the above”, it is most likely the correct answer
Test Taking Strategy; answers with absolutes in them
an answer has an absolute in it like “never” and “always” that ARE NOT the answer
Test Taking Strategy; read the question before reading the passage
reading the question first helps students access and use their prior knowledge as they construct meaning from a text
Test Taking Strategy; read the entire answer
the obvious answer is typically in the second half of the answer; could miss something if not ready fully
Test Taking Strategy; skip the hard questions, and answer the ones you know first, then come back
by moving on you can finish the rest of the test quickly and not stress yourself out about the amount you need to finish
Test Taking Strategy; answer the question in your head before looking at the answers
before looking at the answer choices, read the questions and formulate an answer in your head
Test Taking Strategy; read every answer
you might miss a better answer if you skip some
Test Taking Strategy; context clues and prefix, affix, suffix
words and phrases in a sentence, paragraph, and/or whole text, which help reason out the meaning of an unfamiliar word
Rhythm
movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like
Rhyme Scheme
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
Enjambment
in verse the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
Stanza
a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line or indentation
Free Verse
an open form of poetry
Blank Verse
poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter
Sonnet
a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization
Couplet
a pair of end-rhymed lines of verse that are self-contained in grammatical structure and meaning
Line Break
the point at which two lines of text are split; the end of a line
Illusion
something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality
Effect of First Person POV
Effect of Second Person POV
Effect of Third Person POV
