Semester Exam Review 1

When taking a semester exam, which of the following is NOT a good thing to do?

• Guessing

• Reading the question

• Reading the passage

• Staying awake

When I am reading a passage, it's important that I make sure to _____.

Hint: We use highlighters, pencils, or notepads to do this.

What is the word:

Definition: An guess based on evidence

• Inference

• Annotation

When writing an ECR, which of the following will lose you the MOST points?

• Not having a thesis or conclusion

• Not including evidence

• Having horrible grammar

• Not reading the passage

Answer explanation

When you are writing an ECR, you MUST include a thesis and conclusion for it to be graded. If you don't have these, you won't get any points.

An introduction paragraph has which of the following

• Hook and Thesis

• Hook only

• Thesis only

• None of the Above

A body paragraph MUST contain what?

• Evidence

• Answer

• Explaination

• All of the Above

What is the word?

Definition: The literal dictionary definition of a word

• Connotation

• Denotation

What is the word?

Definition: The emotional context of a word

• Connotation

• Denotation

When getting evidence from the text, you should...

• Make sure your evidence backs up your reasoning

• Make sure you choose random evidence

• Choose evidence that you THINK is right

What is the word?

Definition: The overall happenings in a story

• Plot

• Character

• Conflict

• Theme