Nevada High School Proficiency Examination Preparation
with eTAP Lessons
Test Sample
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Pre-Test
HSPE Prioritized Standards
eTAP
Post-Test
Reading
Content Standard 1.0: Students know and use word analysis skills and strategies to comprehend new words encountered in text.
1.12.3 Apply knowledge of Anglo-Saxon-, Greek-, and Latin-derived roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unknown vocabulary across the curriculum.

Roots and Affixes

http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/ksd/MA/resources/g
reek_and_latin_roots/transition.html
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1.12.4 Discern subtle differences between closely related words (e.g., thin and slender); use references as necessary.

Etymology of Significant Terms

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology
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1.12.5 Apply knowledge of syntax and literary allusions to acquire an understanding of new words and to comprehend text.

Literal and Figurative Meaning of Words

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal_and_figurative_language
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Reading
Content Standard 3.0: Students use reading process skills and strategies to build comprehension.
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2.12.1 Refine pre-reading strategies such as accessing prior knowledge, predicting, previewing, and setting a purpose to ensure comprehension.

Text Analysis

http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/litera
ture/Terms/conflict.html
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3.12.2 Make inferences supported by the text regarding characters, plots, settings, and themes. G 2.12.2; G 2.12.3; H 6.12.16; H 7.12.20; H 8.12.4; H 10.12.6

Text Analysis

http://toolsforwriters.org/cwo/principles/thinki
ngrhetorically/Voice,%20Tone,%20and%20Persona.htm
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3.12.3 Analyze viewpoints and messages in relation to the historical and cultural context of recognized works of British, American, or world literature. G 2.12.2; G 2.12.3; H 6.12.16; H 7.12.20; H 8.12.4; H 10.12.6

Genres and Tradition
The Influence of the Historical Period
The Development of the American Literature

http://18th.eserver.org/
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3.12.4 Use textual evidence to analyze the theme or meaning of a selection.

Themes and the Historical Period

http://classics.mit.edu/
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3.12.5 Analyze and evaluate ways authors use imagery, figures of speech, and sound to elicit reader response.

Literary Devices
Evoking Readers' Emotion

http://www.enotes.com/rose-emily/7078
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3.12.6 Analyze how irony, tone, mood, style, syntax, and sound of language are used for rhetorical and aesthetic purposes.

Rhetorical or Aesthetic Purposes

http://www.teachersfirst.com/share/raven/start-fl.html
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3.12.7 Analyze the effects of an author’s choice of literary form.

Evaluation of Aesthetic Qualities

http://www.field-trips.org/tours/lit/poet/_tourlaunch1.htm
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