What is the question asking you to do when it tells you to identify the essential information?

Explain the most important idea in the writing.

What are three writing strategies?

Plan, organize and use specific vocabulary.

What should you include if a writing prompt tells you to write a narrative essay?

Characterization, dialogue and a conflict

What should you include when writing a research essay?

Evidence, quotes and reasoning.

What is the question asking you to find when it tells you to identify the author's purpose?

The reason the passage was written.

What are three reading strategies?

Annotate, highlight the main idea, read with a purpose

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PARRC Prep Quiz

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What is the question asking you to do when it tells you to identify the essential information?
Explain the most important idea in the writing.
Explain the structure of the passage.
Explain the author's point of view.
Explain one detail in the reading.
2
What is the question asking you to find when it tells you to identify the central message?
The purpose of the passage.
The topic.
The details in the story.
A quote from the passage.
3
What are three writing strategies?
Use a topic sentence, structure, and re-read.
Plan, organize and use specific vocabulary.
Read, highlight and annotate.
4
How much time do you have for the first and third section of the PARCC test?
90 minutes
60 minutes
30 minutes
110 minutes
5
What should you describe in your essay when it tells you to compare and contrast?
The important details of the argument.
State the authors purpose.
State the main idea.
Differences and similarities
6
What should you include if a writing prompt tells you to write a narrative essay?
Characterization, dialogue and a conflict
Rising action, evidence and reasoning.
Descriptive language, research and explanations.
Research, quotes and a setting.
7
What should you include when writing a research essay?
Similes, metaphors and characterization.
Descriptive language, characterization and setting.
Evidence, quotes and reasoning.
Rising action, falling action and a conflict.
8
What is the question asking you to find when it tells you to identify the author's purpose?
The reason the passage was written.
The main idea
The message of the story.
The central message.
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What are three reading strategies?
Annotate, highlight the main idea, read with a purpose
Read the instructions, read the passage, answer the question
Annotate, write the question, look at the question.
Write a plan, organize, be direct.

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