LAT Assessment

LAT stands for

• Literature and Text

• Learning Analysis Task

• Literary Analysis Task

• Learning and Theme

What two main areas are being assessed on the NJ Holistic Scoring Rubric?

• 1. Written Expression

  2. Reading Comprehension

• 1. Analyzing Literature and Text

  2. Punctuation, Capitalization and Commas

• 1. Reading Comprehension and Written Expression

  2. Knowledge of Language and Conventions

• 1. Knowledge of Language and Conventions

  2. Organization

Choose 2 examples of literature (fiction).

• Poetry and a menu

• an article on ice hockey and a video

• instructional manual and a drama

• novel excerpt and poetry

Choose 1 literary device that you may see in a LAT prompt.

• headline

• conflict

• bulleted list

• a text box

What is the definition of theme?

• an allegory

• a lesson or moral of a story

• a person's point of view

• a conversation between two or more characters

This is conversation between two or more people in a work of literature.

• point of view

• conflict

• climax

• dialogue

Tension in literature can be defined as

• a character's motivation to make another character feel isolated.

• a type of headache

• Point of view

• evoking emotion such as worry, anxiety, fear and stress on the part of both the reader and the characters.

The story circles around this character’s experiences, and the audience is invited to see the world from his or her perspective.

• antogonist

• protagonist

• resolution

• rising action

This is the highest point of tension or drama in a narratives’ plot.

• climax

• resolution

• rising action

• exposition

 This is the conclusion of the story’s plot. It’s where any unanswered questions are answered, or “loose ends are tied."

• conflict

• point of view

• resolution

• rising action