1. READY FOR THE LITERATURE KEYSTONE EXAM
ANCHORS & ELIGIBLE CONTENT ON NONFICTION

2. WHAT YOU ARE AFTER HELPS YOU GET IT
KNOWING
WHAT YOU ARE AFTER
HELPS YOU
GET IT

3. MEET THE
BEAST

4. KNOWING WHAT YOU
ARE AFTER . . .
WANTED
GRADUATION REQUIREMENT

5. HELPS YOU GET IT

6. This presentation shows the Keystone
anchors aligned with the PA Common Core
Standards and shows sample questions.
By examining the questions and considering
what the question is asking and what you need
to know, you can set out to “tame the beast”
and succeed on the Keystone Exam for Literature.

7. The Keystone Exams are rigorous.
Students must go into the the exam knowing
techniques authors use and key elements of
fiction and nonfiction, research, and vocabulary.
Students must be able to identify elements,
evaluate evidence, sources, and determine
purpose and effects.
Students must recognize explicit information and
determine inference, generalizations, and
predictions based on evidence in text.

8. With study in all text assignments, formative
assessments, activities, and practice sessions,
you can succeed on the Keystone Exam for
Literature.
The Keystone Exams assess what
“students should know and know how to do.”

9. This presentation focuses on
READING NONFICTION

10. NONFICTION
includes

11. For each anchor, one or more sample questions will be presented.
Since you don’t have the texts that correspond to the questions in these examples, the purpose is not so much to guess at the correct answer as it is to determine what you would need to know or do to answer the question.

12. Focus your attention on the eligible content .
Ask yourself:
Do I understand what this is?
Can I do this?
What is the test item asking?
How do I approach answering it?

13. What techniques do authors use? What are elements of nonfiction?

14. WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT READING NONFICTION
What techniques do authors use?
What are elements of nonfiction?
point-of-view
irony (verbal, situational, dramatic)
dialogue ,narration,
exposition, inference
characterization (direct & indirect)
flashbacks
hyperbole
understatement
allusions
figurative language (metaphor, simile, idiom, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration)
imagery, symbol
euphemism
sarcasm, satire, parody, humor
rhyme, rhythm, meter, verse
purpose
argument / position
bias
defense of claim
conclusion
facts, data, charts, graphics
biography
propaganda
key supporting ideas, evidence
comparison / contrast
point-of-view (narrative mode: 1st, 2nd, 3rd -person)
dialogue
narration
foreshadowing
flashbacks
allusion
symbol (conventional, created)

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