MAAP Writing Rubric
The total points you can earn on the MAAP Writing Assessment
What are 12 points?
"This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it."
What does the word ardently mean as it is used in the sentence?
A. passionately B. enviously C. miserably D. faithfully
What is passionately?
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
Directly stated
What is explicit?
The type of texts you read in ELA
What are informational and literary texts?
The amount of time you will have on the MAAP Writing Assessment
What is 90 minutes?
"The ship which finally rescued that party deposited its stock of stores on Paulet Island for the use of any later castaways."
What is the meaning of stock as it is used in the sentence?
A. framework B. estimate C. share D. supply
What is supply?
A comparison of two unlike things without the words like or as.
What is a metaphor?
To make known
What is convey?
I am found in a literary text and I teach you a lesson
What is a theme?
Narrative, Informative/Explanatory, and Argumentative
What are the Modes (or Types) of Writing?
"I was at first unable to answer these questions, but perpetual attention and time explained to me many appearances which were at first enigmatic."
What does enigmatic mean as it is used in the paragraph?
A. admirable B. constant C. depressing D. mysterious
What is mysterious?
A word that makes the sound it states.
What is onomatopoeia?
The events of a story:(exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
What is a plot?
I am found in this text and I help students identify this text when I provide facts, numbers, sub-headings/sub-topics
What is an informational text?
I am found in the writing prompt and will let you know what you will be writing on
What is the task?
They had opened their hearts, like flowers to the springtime, and the merciless winter had fallen upon them.
How does the author use figurative language in the sentence to contribute to the meaning of the passage?
A. to convey a sense of beauty about the couple’s relationship
B. to emphasize the short time the couple experienced together
C. to illustrate how nature played a part in the couple’s relationship
D. to contrast the expectations of the couple with the reality they experience
What is to contrast the expectations of the couple with the reality they experience?
When an object or item is given human characteristics or qualities.
What is personification?
To add to or help out
What is contribute?
To inform the reader
What is an informational text?
The 4 components that the MAAP Writing Rubric is composed of
What is Development of Ideas, Writing Organization, Grammar and Usage, and Mechanics?
All that day he stood at his lard machine, rocking unsteadily, his eyes closing in
spite of him; and he all but lost his place even so, for the foreman booted him
twice to waken him.
What does the phrase his eyes closing in spite of him mean?
A. It implies that he is ill.
B. It describes that he is bored at work.
C. It shows his efforts to fight exhaustion.
D. It illustrates how he is pushed at work.
What is it shows his efforts to fight exhaustion?
Refers to words and phrases that are not intended to be understood literally
What is figurative language?
The overall attitude toward them and the audience that is implied in a literary text
What is tone?
To entertain the reader
What is a literary text?