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There will be a Mid-Year EXAM and an End-of-Year EXAM. If your English average for the two quarters preceding either big exam is 93% or higher, you will be exempt from that particular exam. If you qualify for exemption, you may opt to take the exam anyway, if you wish.
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There will be a Mid-Year EXAM and an End-of-Year EXAM If your English average for the two quarters preceding either big exam is 93% or higher, you will be exempt from that particular exam. If you qualify for exemption, you may opt to take the exam anyway, if you wish.
AND…Don’t forget about the REGENTS’ EXAM !!!
LITERARY ELEMENTSand How they convey MEANING Setting Point of View Diction Plot StructureVoice IRONY SATIRE Tone Flashback Characterization Conflict Theme Conflict (internal; external) Imagery Genre/Form: novel, essay, play, poem (sonnet, narrative, dramatic monologue) Allusion: Biblical, classical, historical Figurative Language: Analogy: SimileMetaphor Extended Metaphor AllegorySymbol-ism Meter Personification rHYTHM aPOSTROPHE
The CRITICAL LENS ESSAY The Regents’ Exam writers give you a quote or choice of quotes to read and interpret. Choose a quote which expresses a truth which is conveyed (or contradicted) by several texts which you have read in English class. The quote becomes the “lens” through which you are taking a “critical” look at the texts you have read. Write an essay asserting that the truth in the CRITICAL LENS quote is supported or contradicted by the texts you choose, and explain HOW each text conveys its idea(s) on the topic through particular literary elements (which must be explained/defined). Give examples or “supporting details” which show (“prove to”) your reader the assertion you are making.