PARCC Vocabulary
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Question Strategies
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A detail used to prove a main idea is called a what
What is a "Key Detail"
100
The EOY PARCC ELA exam will last 3 hours.
What is "No Way"
100

You do this when you get stuck on a question.

What is "Flag it and go back to it later"

100
You use these to find the meaning of an unknown word.
What are "Context Clues"
100
Quickly going back through the text is known as this.
What is "Skimming and Scanning"
200
This gives an overall idea of what a text or story is mostly about.
What is a "Main Idea"
200
You should double check your answers during the exam.
What is "For Realz"
200
You should do this with all the answers you know are wrong.
What is "Cross them out"
200
These help us better understand why a character says or does the things they do.
What are "Character Traits"
200
A story about a real life person is known as this.
What is "A Biography"
300
A way in which someone sees something or from another perspective is called this.
What is "Point of View"
300
You can use the tone of the story or mood of the character to determine an unknown word.
What is "For Realz"
300
When the question says all are true, except, you should.
What is "Find the ones that are true and cross them out"
300
Where a story takes place is referred to as this.
What is "The Setting"
300

This genre teaches a moral and often includes animals.

What is "A Fable"

400
Many stories will teach this to the reader through a character's words and/or actions
What is a "Theme" or "Lesson Learned" or "Moral"
400
Never back up and reread during PARCC.
What is "No Way"
400
You should go back and find this to prove an answer.
What is "Text Evidence"
400
These "scenes" help form a story.
What are "Plot Events"
400
This means to deeply look at events in a text
What is "Analyze" or "Evaluate"
500
You would use key points and your own words to come up with this.
What is a "Summary"
500
Reading the question at least twice is a smart plan.
What is "For Realz"
500
Before reading your story, you may want to look at...
What is "The questions being asked"
500
When you look at similarities and differences, you are...
What is "Comparing and Contrasting"
500

You do this with materials when you synthesize.

What is "Put them together"

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