Regents/English Final Review

What should you do FIRST for Part I: Reading Comprehension?

• Read the questions.

• Read and make sure you understand the directions.

• Read the text.

• Highlight the lines of text mentioned in the questions.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What should you HIGHLIGHT when annotating your text?

• Unfamiliar vocabulary

• Peoples' names

• Important events

• The specific lines of text mentioned in the questions.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What should you put a BOX around?

• Unfamiliar vocabulary

• Peoples' names

• Important events

• The specific lines of text mentioned in the questions.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

After highlighting the lines mentioned in the questions, what should you do next to the highlighted section?

• Read the text.

• Nothing,

• Write the number of the question next to the highlighted section.

• Read the directions.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

If you do not know the answer to one of the questions, use the process of ______________________.

• guessing

• alienation

• not answering it at all

• elimination

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

For the Argument Essay, it is best to __________________________ the two different sides.

• combine

• color code

• highlight in the same color

• underline

In the introduction paragraph of the Argument Essay, you must have a _______________________

• thesis

• opinion

• textual evidence

• support

To receive full credit on the Argument Essay, I HAVE TO mention ______________________________.

• name of the text

• the counterclaim

• my opinion

• the names of the authors

Each body paragraph should start with a ___________________ that you must shut down.

• background

• argument

• counterclaim

• claim

In the body paragraphs of the Argument Essay, you should include 2-3 examples of _____________________________ to support your thesis.

• thesis

• counterclaims

• background

• textual evidence