Short Response
There are two passages given for the short response; a short reading and a poem.
Question 26 asks for a paragraph response on a controlling idea - or main idea - that can relate to both readings. To write a paragraph response to this question, you want to:
Question 27 asks for a paragraph about how a literary element is used for onereading. To write a paragraph response to this question:
Question 26 asks for a paragraph response on a controlling idea - or main idea - that can relate to both readings. To write a paragraph response to this question, you want to:
- Find commonalities between the two passages and eventually, come up with a main idea that can work for both
- Choose lines that imply the main idea (avoid using the lines explicitly but use the ideas within the lines)
Question 27 asks for a paragraph about how a literary element is used for onereading. To write a paragraph response to this question:
- Choose the passage you want to use
- Identify a literary element used throughout the passage
- Find two lines where it is used
- Define what a literary element is
- Explain how it is used