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New York State Regents Examinations
Three reading passages with 24 multiple-choice questions, a source-based argument essay (Part 2), and a text-analysis response (Part 3). Tests central idea, inference, figurative language, tone, character, structure, and rhetorical analysis.
10 topics · 18 lessons · 240 practice questions
Identify what a passage is fundamentally about — not its plot, but its argument or message. Distinguish theme from topic.
2 lessons · 43 practice questions
Use surrounding context to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases, with attention to connotation.
2 lessons · 35 practice questions
Recognize and analyze metaphor, simile, personification, imagery, symbolism, and other devices authors use.
2 lessons · 33 practice questions
Hear an author's or speaker's attitude (tone) and the atmosphere it creates for the reader (mood).
1 lesson · 13 practice questions
Read how characters reveal themselves through action, dialogue, and detail — and infer traits with precision.
2 lessons · 20 practice questions
See the architecture of a passage: how sections function, how transitions work, how the whole is built.
1 lesson · 15 practice questions
Draw careful conclusions from textual evidence, and select the line or quotation that best supports a claim.
3 lessons · 71 practice questions
Analyze how non-fiction authors construct arguments — claims, evidence, reasoning, and rhetorical strategy.
1 lesson · 10 practice questions
Part 2 of the Regents: write an argument essay grounded in 2+ of 4 provided sources, using the NYSED 6-point rubric.
2 lessons
Part 3 of the Regents: write a short analytical response identifying a central idea and a writing strategy that develops it.
2 lessons
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