Keystone Review

Question 1

Purpose of satire

Answer 1

The purpose of satire is to create awareness and motivation for change. An author might choose to include this to entertain and thought-provoke, as well as express their opinions on sensitive issues.

Question 2

Purpose of symbolism

Answer 2

The purpose of symbolism is to create meaning and emotion in the story by making one thing represent something else. Symbolism is used to represent and idea or quality, helps reveal the theme.

Question 3

Purpose of simile/metaphor

Answer 3

Enhance understanding by comparing unfamiliar ideas to familiar ones and add depth to a text by making connections.

Question 4

Purpose of imagery

Answer 4

The author uses imagery to connect to the personal aspects, experiences, or memories of the reader. It can enhance the readers rendition of the text by immersing them deeper by appealing the senses.

Question 5

Purpose of foreshadowing

Answer 5

Foreshadowing provides an element of suspense and curiosity as to what will come from the element foreshadowed. Foreshadowing can increase narrative tension and allows for a sort of dramatic irony as the reader knows something the character doesn’t.

Question 6

Purpose of dialect

Answer 6

Powerful tool that brings more life to a character and make them unique, illustrating their origin, cultural background, and social class. Builds setting.

Question 7

Purpose of personification

Answer 7

To make inanimate objects relatable to the reader, helps the reader connect more with the story, and emphasizes non-human characteristics.

Question 8

Purpose of flashback

Answer 8

To recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events to fill in crucial backstory. To provide essential context to the plot or characters, to keep the reader engaged, to foreshadow, and more.

Question 9

Fiction vs. Nonfiction

Answer 9

Fiction is not real, created from the imagination. Nonfiction is real literature that is based on fact.

Question 10

Acronym for Constructed Response Rubric Requirements

Answer 10

C(clear)C(complete)A(accurate)R(relevant) S(specific)

Question 11

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

Answer 11

2

Question 12

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

Answer 12

No

Question 13

What are the key elements of a constructed response?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

How many paragraphs is a constructed response?

Answer 14

1

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Answering the prompt

Question 16

Main idea

Answer 16

The key information the author wants you to know after reading

Question 17

How to find the main idea

Answer 17

Take all the supporting details, and find how they are all connected, find the topic first, read the first and last sentence of the paragraph, pay attention to any idea repeated in different ways, look for a sentence that states the main idea, look for reversal transitions, test the main idea once you have it

Question 18

Connotation

Answer 18

The feeling that a word can invoke. Can be used to propel word choice. How do the words make you feel? What is the author trying to imply? How do the words propel the tone or theme? Can be used to set tone. Can be more than just positive and negative

Question 19

Denotation

Answer 19

The direct understanding of a word, or the dictionary definition of a word

Question 20

Common Sense

Answer 20

Read the question before reading the text

Question 21

Read the entire sentence of each answer

Answer 21

Before picking your final answer, read through each answer thoroughly, assuring you’ve picked the right one.

Question 22

Read the question at least TWO times and understand what the question is asking of you

Answer 22

To fully understand the question, you must read it multiple times to ensure you know the whole idea of what the question is asking you. By doing this, you will know what the question is asking and be able to answer it to your fullest ability.

Question 23

Find The Answer In Your Head Before Looking at the Answer Options

Answer 23

This test taking strategy revolves around reading the question and understanding the question first before looking at any answer options in a multiple-choice test.
You should first read the question and answer it yourself.
Then look at multiple-choice options and compare them to your initial answer.
You will tend to find your initial match answer similar or matching one of the options.

Question 24

Use Context Clues

Answer 24

Using hints that the author provides to define difficult or challenging words

Question 25

Annotate the Passage

Answer 25

Highlight, write in the margins, circle key words, making notes, and mark important information in the passage. Improve comprehension and facilitates quicker reference during question answering.

Question 26

Answer the easy questions first

Answer 26

Start with the easy questions first. These are questions you immediately know the answers to, or can answer in a short amount of time, confidently. Save the difficult ones for later, you can spend the remaining time on them.

Question 27

Rhythm

Answer 27

the patterned recurrence, within a certain range of regularity, of specific language features, usually features of sound.

Question 28

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Enjambment

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Stanza

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Free Verse

Answer 31

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

Question 32

Blank Verse

Answer 32

verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.

Question 33

Sonnet

Answer 33

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

Question 34

Couplet

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Line Break

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Illusion

Answer 36

a narrative technique, such as a dream, vision, or other device that misleads, confuses, or tricks a character.

Question 37

Effect of first-person POV

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Effect of second-person POV

Answer 38

It forces the reader into the story, making them part of the action and complicit in events. This is hard to sustain over longer pieces of writing, which is one reason it is rarely used in narrative texts.

Question 39

Effect of third-person POV

Answer 39

may offer the reader a variety of character perspectives, furthering their chance to develop empathy. Stories told in third-person allow the reader to learn more about the world outside of the confines of a first-person perspective.