Originally the name of this whole learning module was Getting Familiar with the Regents' Reading Test. Then I decided to change it to Beating the Beast. Why do you think I made the change I did? Analysis questions are concerned more with how and why information is presented than with the content (information) itself.
The following topics all fall into the Analysis category: Purpose, Organization, Tone, Literary Devices, Description of Language, Mode of Writing, Intended Audience, Bias, Fact vs Opinion. Some of these are discussed in your white book on pages 10-12.
The Analysis questions require you to be familiar with test-specific terminology. Your white book has a listing of terms commonly found in the questions and answer choices of reading tests. This listing is on pages 13 and 14. I strongly suggest that you become familiar with this terminology. You can use an online dictionary of literary terms to help you with the meanings.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Which of the terms on page 13 could we use to talk about the new title I selected for this learning module? (We could probably use five of these terms and another important term which should have been included in this list.)
alliteration, analogy, imagery, figurative language or idiomatic language, metaphor, personification
Words like these are often included in the answer choices for Analysis questions. How will you pick the right answer if you don't know what the answer choices mean? LEARN THESE WORDS!
Continue working through the "Beating the Beast" learning module to learn strategies for dealing with some of the different kinds of Analysis questions.