Today’s Agenda and Learning Target A: 1/23 B: 1/24

0Vocabulary: Tone Word0Grammar: Review of Timed Synthesis Essay0Skills Notes: Multiple-Choice Test Taking Strategies and

Review of Rhetorical Analysis Multiple-Choice Questions0Review for the Exam: Making a Foldable Study Guide0Assign homework

By the end of class today, we will practice multiple-choice test taking strategies.

Vocabulary: Tone WordA: 1/23 B: 1/24

Pensive

What does this word mean?

When would an author choose to use this tone? To achieve what purpose?Or to write in which form or genre?

Review of Timed Review of Timed Synthesis EssaySynthesis Essay

Timed Synthesis EssayMake sure you fully understand what the prompt is asking you to do before you begin writing. Are you supposed to argue 0for/against something or 0are you expected to consider the effects of something and come to an ultimate conclusion?

Make sure that there is a balance between your quoted/paragraphed source material and your own analysis and argument. Just plugging in quotes is not enough. Explain how they contribute and support your claim then continue developing your argument.

Pull in outside knowledge. You need to use at least three sources but you are able to pull in outside knowledge just as you would in an argument essay.

Cite your sources!

Multiple Choice Multiple Choice

StrategiesStrategies

Skills Notes: Multiple-Choice Test Taking Strategies0 Read the question and formulate your answer before you look at

your options.0 Immediately eliminate obvious wrong answers.0 More than likely two answers will seem correct—pay close

attention to the wording to determine the best choice.0 If you notice yourself spending too much time (longer than one

minute) on a question, skip it to return to it later. The test blends easy, medium, and difficult questions, so this technique may help you get to easier questions. It will also help you get to questions that may not require you to re-read parts of the passage.

0 Remember: questions that ask you to look at a specific line, especially antecedent questions, may require you to look at lines above and below where indicated.

0 Make sure to put an answer for every question, even if you have to guess! If you find yourself running out of time, bubble in a selected letter (like “C”) for every single remaining question.

Review of Rhetorical Analysis Multiple-Choice Questions from the Final Exam

Read and annotate the multiple-choice passage from the final exam . . .0As you read:

0 list the main idea for each paragraph0 and label any obvious rhetorical strategies and shifts.

0After you read:0 identify the mode and genre,0 tone,0 and overall purpose by reviewing your “paragraph main idea”

annotations.

Review of Rhetorical Analysis Multiple-Choice Questions from the Final Exam

Complete the following in your small group:0Review your assigned multiple-choice questions with your group.0First, determine the following:

0 the correct answer0 and the distractor answer (the one that seems right but isn’t!).

0Next, if possible, annotate the portion of passage that provides the correct answer to the question. This, and your group’s explanation, will serve as your justification.

Review:Review:Making a Foldable Study Making a Foldable Study Guide for the Exam

Guide for the Exam

Making a foldable study

guide

Fold your paper in half—

“hot-dog style”

Tear the left half in half.

Tear each of the those halves

in half.

Now fold the whole thing in half with the flaps on top, so that you can open each one.

MAKING A FOLDABLE STUDY GUIDE

Reviewing Rhetorical Analysis

0On the front flap label each flap as Expository, Satire, Persuasion, Narrative (ESPN).

0On the inside of the front flap write the purpose of each mode of writing

0Underneath each flap, write the most common rhetorical strategies found in the mode. Use your rhetorical strategy chart for help.

Homework . . .

0 Review for mock exam.