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Listening Section (Multiple Choice Questions)
Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice
Questions)
Short Response (One paragraph response X 2)
Critical Lens Essay (Four paragraph essay)
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The ELA Regents Exam is more literature based.
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listening passage will be non-fiction
reading passage will be non-fiction
reading passages will be fiction
reading passage will be a poem
The ELA Regents Exam requires knowledge of
books.
◦ The essay requires you to write in-depth about TWO
books.
◦ It is a good idea to have four books prepared.
1-8 MC questions
The passage will be non-fiction.
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◦ It tends to be a biography or an auto-biography.
The passage will be read aloud twice.
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The first time, you can take notes.
There will be a five minute break in-between
the two readings.
During the break, you are allowed to answer the
questions.
The second time it is read, you can take notes
or answer the questions.
1. I recommend that you check/ complete your answers.
2. They will be in order in the reading!
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9-25 MC questions
There is usually only one correct answer.
◦ Only a FEW trick responses.
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Four Reading Passages
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A - One fiction or narrative non-fiction
B - One non-fiction
I - One fiction or narrative non-fiction
II - One poem
Answer the questions for each passage one by
one.
◦ The test will not be laid out that way, especially with
Passages I and II.
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You will write about two reading passages
◦ I - One fiction or narrative non-fiction
◦ II - One poem
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You will have answered multiple choice
questions about both passages.
There are two short response questions – 26
and 27.
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26 requires you to write about BOTH the short
story and the poem.
You have identify a controlling idea (same as
central idea)
You will be provided with a topic.
Compose a phrase/ idea/ sentence ABOUT liberty.
26 Write a well-developed paragraph in which you use ideas from
both Passage I (the short story excerpt) and Passage II (the poem) to
establish a controlling idea about liberty. Develop your controlling
idea using specific examples and details from both Passage I and
Passage II.
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27 only requires you to write about ONE
passage.
◦ You can pick either the poem or the short story.
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You can write about a literary technique or a
literary element.
Please do not write about a rhetorical technique
(ethos, logos, pathos).
27 Choose a specific literary element (e.g., theme, characterization,
structure, point of view, etc.) or literary technique (e.g., symbolism,
irony, figurative language, etc.) used by one of the authors. Using
specific details from either Passage I (the short story excerpt) or
Passage II (the poem), in a well-developed paragraph, show how the
author uses that element or technique to develop the passage.
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These responses are graded 0-2.
Instead of scale 0-4 (empty to excellent), the
scale is 0-2 (empty to good).
It is far easier to earn a complete 4/4 on this
Regents.
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Based on books you have already read
You will NOT be given two texts to use
◦ This year:
 Serial by Sarah Koenig
 The Crucible by Arthur Miller
 A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
 Into the Wild by John Krakauer
 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Much, however, of what we call evil is really
good in disguise …”
—Sir John Lubbock
The Pleasures of Life, 1887
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You have to:
 Interpret it (say what it mean)
 Agree or disagree with the interpretation
 Support your opinion with evidence from
TWO books
◦ Know two titles/ authors/ characters
Wed, June 3 – Introduction
Thurs, June 4 – Practice Listening/ Practice MC
Fri, June 5 – Review Short Response/ Practice
Mon, June 8 – Review Short Response/ Practice
Tues, June 9 – Review of all books
Wed, June 10 – Review of Critical Lens/ Practice
Thurs or Fri – Final Exam Block – Final Review