Testing Tips & Tricks

A skill that you use when reading a text in order to have a deeper understanding of what you're reading.

• Text evidence

• RAPPS

• Close Reading

• Far Reading

The perspective from which the story is told

• Point of View

• Story Elements

• Characters

• Narrator

You're asked to write a narrative from the perspective of a character in the story. What are you being asked to do?

• write an essay

• write a RAPPS paragraph

• write a descriptive paragraph

• write a story

You're asked to write an essay which compares and contrasts the theme in two texts. What are you being asked to do?

• 5 paragraph essay - RAPPS

• 5 paragraph essay - story

• descriptive paragraph

• journal

In order to pick out keywords in the questions, you should...

• use the answer eliminator

• highlight the words

• write the words down on paper

• think about them

You're planning your narrative writing by brainstorming on your scrap paper. Select the answer which includes all of the topics that you should be planning for on your paper.

• Plot, Character, Conflict, Theme, Setting

• First Person, Second Person, Third Person

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

• Understanding & Summaries, Annotations, Question

You're planning out an essay on your scrap paper. How should you be formatting your paper?

• Story Elements - Plot, Character, Conflict, Theme, Setting

• Circle

• Mind-mapping

• Five Paragraph Essay Pillar

Which of the following is NOT a tool given to you on the state testing platform?

• Answer eliminator

• Close reading

• Bookmark

• Review

What two things should your scrap paper be used for?

• Writing out all of my paragraphs and then typing

• Close reading and doodling

• Close reading and planning for writing

• Planning for writing and doodling

What is one thing I should do the night before the test?

• Play Fortnite

• Get a good night's sleep

• Stay up late

• Watch a scary movie