ELARegentsReviewSheet

TestFormat:
Part1:
ReadingComprehension
(MultipleChoice)
about25questions
1fictionalpassage,1poem,1nonfictionpassage
generalquestionstypes
:
themeaning(connotationordenotation)ofa
wordorphrase
theoverallmessageorcentralideaofa
passage
themeaningoreffectofacertaindetailinthe
passage
theuseofaliterarydevice
thestructure(orderororganization)ofthe
text
evidencetosupportagivenclaim

Stepsforsuccess
readthequestionsbefore
thepassages
circleorunderlinekey
wordsinquestions
markwherethequestions
areansweredinthe
passage
readclosely(annotate)
answerquestions
rereadwhenneeded
doublecheckyouranswers

Part2:
Argument
(longeressay)
5paragraphessayinresponsetoapromptandreadings
Outline:
introduction
thesisstatement(youropinionandwhyyoubelieveit)
2bodyparagraphswithyourarguments
topicsentence(claim)
evidence
reasoning(morethanasentence)
counterclaimparagraph
Somemaysaybut
evidencetosupportwhyyoursideisright,nottheirs
reasoning
concludingparagraph
tieitalltogether
whyisitimportantorrelevant?sowhat?!
Nofirstperson!(I,me,us,etc.)
Usethebestvocabularyyoucan
Rereadforobviouserrorsyoucanfix

Part3:
TextAnalysisResponse

23paragraphresponse
Howdoestheuseofaliterarydevice
developorstrengthenthecentralideaofa
text?
Beforeyouwrite:
readthepassage
identifyliterarydevices
(characterization,imagery,tone,
mood,diction,etc.)
identifythecentralidea(main
idea/bigidea)

Outline:
Introductoryparagraph
thesis:Theauthorusesthe
literarydevice____tosupport
thecentralidea.
Bodyparagraph
topicsentence
evidence(literarydevice)
reasoning
whatdoesthismean?
howdoesthissupport
thecentralidea?
Concludingsentencewrapup

Part2:ArgumentChecklist

My
thesis
includesmyopinion/stanceandmyreasonsandisclearlystatedinmyintroduction
Formula
:Youropiniononthetopic+whyyoubelieveit
Example
:Extinctspeciesshouldbebroughtbackintoexistence
because
theycanbenefitthe
environmentbyaddingdiversityandadvancingmedicalresearch.

Myargumentissupportedwith
3quotesfrom3differenttexts
stronglysupports(notsummarizes)YOURopinion
introducedandcited
Example
:Astheauthor,JoeSmith,statesinthetextWhyExtinctAnimalsShouldBe
BroughtBack,Extinctspeciescouldaddbiodiversitytotheecosystemandbenefitthe
humanrace(Text1,page1).
t
rytoincorporateaquotedirectlyintoyoursentencesothatitflowswithyourwordsto
boostorganizationscore!

Eachpieceofmyevidenceissupportedwith
full

analysis
ofthequote
Whatdoesthequotemeanorsay?
Howdoesthequotesupportyourthesisandproveyouareright?
l
inksevidencetothesis

Refuteopposingideas
Addresswhattheopposingsidemaythinkaboutthetopic
Then,
provethemwrong
Formula
:Somemaysay__________,but____________________.

Allofmyideasare
organized

properly
Introducethemainclaimsofyouressay
O
neparagraph=oneidea/claim***
Eachparagraphhasatopicsentence
Eachparagraphiswrappedupbeforetransitioningtothenext

Ididnotmakeanybasicerrorsin
conventions
capitalizefirstlettersofsentences,names,andtitles
norunonsentences(fixbystartinganewsentence,dontriskwithcommaorsemicolonif
unsure)
nosentencefragments(needafullidea,
subjectandverb
,tobeafullsentence)
nosimplespellingerrors
nofirstperson!(I,me,we,our)

BeforeyouwriteyourPart2essay:

1. Pickasideandwriteaclearthesisstatement
2. Findallevidence
3. Quickoutline
Whatideasandevidencewillgoineachparagraph?

Part3:TextAnalysisChecklist

Icreateda
thesis
thatidentifiesthecentralideaandaliterarydeviceusedbytheauthor
Formula
:Theauthor____________,usestheliterarydevice_____________todevelop
thecentralideaofthetextthat______________________.

Iestablishedaclear
centralidea
Centralidea=mainideaofthetext
Whatistheauthorspointinwritingthispiece?

Icorrectlyidentifieda
literarydevice
usedbytheauthor
Tonehowtheauthorfeelsaboutthetopic
Imagerydescriptivelanguagethatevokesthesenses
Similecomparisonusinglikeoras
Metaphorcomparisonwithoutusinglikeoras
Structuresequenceofthetext
Dictionspecificwordsthatevokedacertainidea
Repetitionrepeatingideasofwordstoemphasizeapoint

Iusedapieceof
evidence
thatisanexampleoftheliterarydeviceandrelatestothecentralidea
quotationmarks
introduced
cited

Ifully
analyzed
thequoteIchose
Whatdoesthequotemean?
H
owisitanexampleoftheliterarydevice?**
Howdoesitconnecttothecentralideaofthetext?

Allofmyideasare
organized

properly
Introducethemainclaimofyourresponse
O
neparagraph=oneidea/claim***
Eachparagraphhasatopicsentence
Eachparagraphiswrappedupbeforetransitioningtothenext
Essayconcludeswithawrapupstatementorfullconclusion

Ididnotmakeanybasicerrorsin
conventions
capitalizefirstlettersofsentences,names,andtitles
norunonsentences(fixbystartinganewsentence,dontriskwithcommaorsemicolonif
unsure)
nosentencefragments(needafullidea,
subjectandverb
,tobeafullsentence)
nosimplespellingerrors
nofirstperson!(I,me,we,our)

BeforeyouwriteyourPart3essay:

1. Identifythecentralideaofthetext
2. Identifyatleast1literarydeviceusedinthetext

Boostingyourwritingscore!

1.Replacedullverbswithvividverbs:toimproveyourdictionlocatetheverbs(actionwords)inyouressay
andtrytoreplacethemwithmorepreciseandadvancedlevelverbs.

like

show

need

help

give

tell

admire

exemplify

require

encourage

impart

narrate

cherish

reveal

desire

abet

bestow

chronicle

value

proclaim

crave

support

permit

announce

honor

explain

covet

assist

grant

deduce

2.Avoidusingthepassivevoice:Ifthesentencessubjectperformstheactionorshowsthecondition
describedbytheverbwerefertotheverbasanactivevoiceverb.Ifthesentencessubjectreceivestheaction
oftheverbthenwesaytheverbisapassivevoiceverb.

ActiveVoice:
Thepitcherthrewthebaseballtothecatcher.

PassiveVoice:
Thebaseballwasthrownbythepitchertothecatcher.

3.Smoothoutyourwritingbyusinglinkingwords

Comparison

Reinforcement

Consequence

Continuity

similarly

forinstance

asaresult

next

although

inaddition

consequently

after

instead

forexample

therefore

finally

nevertheless

moreover

thus

secondly

but

also

nevertheless

and

Example

Elaboration

Concession

Conclusion

forexample

actually

admittedly

insum

forinstance

thatis

althoughitistrue

tosumup

consider

inotherwords

granted

hence

asanillustration

ultimately

ofcourse

consequently

afterall

inshort

naturally

therefore