Short Answer Exam Review
Format
3 Short Answer questions:
- 1 question over “The Cask of Amontillado”
- 1 question over “The Stolen Party”
- 1 connecting question over the two stories
CAPE
Circle the key words in the question
Answer the question in your own words
Provide Proof (text evidence)
Explain how your proof supports your answer
Key terms/skills to Know and Love:
- Irony (situational, dramatic, and verbal)
- Point of View (1st person, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person
omniscient)
- Themes of “Cask” and “Stolen Party”
- Conflict in both stories
- Foreshadowing
- Characterization
- Quotation embedding
Sample Scoring Rubric
EXEMPLARY
 Idea is perceptive and reflects an
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awareness of the complexities of
the text
Develops a coherent explanation
of idea by making discerning
connections across the text
Text evidence is specific and well
chosen
Evidence strongly supports validity
of the idea
Combination of idea and text
evidence demonstrates deep
understanding of the text
SUFFICIENT
 Reasonable and goes beyond
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
 Reasonable, but contains no text
INSUFFICIENT
 Not an answer to the question
 Explained specifically enough to
 Reasonable but flawed; text
 Incorrect/not based on the text.
 Too general, vague, or unclear to
literal reading of the text
show appropriate connections
evidence
 Text evidence is accurate and
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relevant
Idea and text evidence are clearly
linked
Commination of idea and text
evidence demonstrates good
understanding of text
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evidence does not adequately
support idea (too partial to
support idea, weakly linked to
idea, or misrepresentation of
text)
Needs more explanation or
specificity
Represents a literal reading of
the text
asked.
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determine whether it is
reasonable.
No idea present; contains only
evidence or merely repeats the
question
Any portion of the response written outside of the provided space will NOT be scored.
Sample Practice Question #1:
What is the purpose of the author’s use of foreshadowing in “The Stolen Party”? Be sure to provide text evidence to
support your response. You may use the box below to practice your response.
Sample Practice Question #2:
In “The Cask of Amontillado,” what do Montresor and Fortunato have in common? Explain your answer and support it with
textual evidence.
Sample Practice Question #3:
How is the idea of betrayal developed in both “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Stolen Party”? Explain your answer
and support it with evidence from the text.