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:

• 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