English Regents Review

Where can you find helpful definitions in the Reading Comprehension section?

What writing strategy is the angle or perspective from which a story is told?

What literary device is language that appeals to the senses and helps create a picture in the reader's mind?

What should you do to get ready for the ELA Regents Exam?

Which word means to prevent a plan from being accomplished?

Your body paragraphs in the argumentative essay must include what?

A good way to start a claim is....

Use TAG in your Text Analysis Essay (Part 3). What is TAG?

Which means the idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning?

Which means the dictionary definition of a word?

How many writing devices should you include in your Text Analysis?

Part 3 instructions call for you to write two-to-three paragraphs. How many should you write?

True or false: You can write all over the test booklet.

True or False: The conclusion should restate your claim and summarize your body paragraphs.

The claim (thesis) in your argument essay should....

This word means to break down, closely examine and interpret.

True or false: You must cite evidence in the argument, but not the text analysis.

True or False: An argumentative essay should address the opposing side.

Which literary device uses a mark, sign, or word to represent an idea, object or relationship?

What literary device is extreme exaggeration?

Which section should you not annotate the text?

One example of this writing strategy is person vs. person. What is it?

Why must you write neatly in your essays?

Which word is a general movement or pattern that something takes?

What literary device is the use of words to convey a meaning opposite the literal meaning?

What should you do first for each section?

What is a comparison of two unlike things that does not use like or as?

Which is a better way to present evidence?

What is the time, place and social context in which the action occurs in a story?

What should you do if you don't know a multiple choice answer?

When an author uses hints or clues to suggest what will happen in a plot.

The first paragraph of any essay must include what?

What word refers to the way the author develops their protagonist or other people in their story?

What literary device is a comparison using like or as?

You should plan to spend the most time on which part of the exam?

True or false: You do not have to cite the text when you paraphrase or summarize.