Regents Practice Test: Video 1 Answers (24 Questions)

Question 1

A narrator who participates in the story's events and uses first-person pronouns is called a:

Accepted Answer

First-person narrator

Answer

A first-person narrator is a character within the story who tells events using 'I' and experiences the action directly.

Question 2

Which of the following sentences contains a dangling modifier?

Accepted Answer

Running through the park, the leaves crunched under my feet.

Answer

A dangling modifier occurs when the modifying phrase ('Running through the park') does not logically connect to the subject ('the leaves').

Question 3

Which revision improves this sentence? 'The reason I am late is because my alarm did not go off.'

Accepted Answer

I am late because my alarm did not go off.

Answer

'The reason is because' is redundant; the correct revision eliminates the redundancy by using 'because' alone.

Question 4

In the NYS Regents ELA exam, a 'central idea' of an informational text is best described as:

Accepted Answer

The most important point the author conveys about the topic

Answer

The central idea is the main point or key message the author develops throughout an informational text.

Question 5

A poet writes a 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme and iambic pentameter. This is most likely a:

Accepted Answer

Sonnet

Answer

A sonnet is traditionally 14 lines written in iambic pentameter, with a structured rhyme scheme.