Roadmap to the New Jersey HSPA Language Arts Literacy

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Table of Contents

CONTENTS
About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Lesson 1: Identifying Genre and Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Lesson 2: Determining the Main Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Lesson 3: Making Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Lesson 4: Developing Your Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Review 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lesson 5: Examining Literary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Lesson 6: Analyzing Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lesson 7: Examining Plot, Conflict, and Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lesson 8: Determining Tone and Mood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Review 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Lesson 9: Supporting and Evaluating Arguments. . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Lesson 10: Conducting Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Lesson 11: Answering Questions About Specific Information . . . . 77
Review 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Lesson 12: Revising and Editing Your Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Lesson 13: Writing a Good Persuasive Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Lesson 14: Writing a Good Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Review 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Answer Key for Lessons and Reviews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Answer Sheet for Practice Test 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Practice Test 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Answer Sheet for Practice Test 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Practice Test 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Answers and Explanations for the Practice Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . 223