Vocabulary
What is a noun?
a person, place or thing
What backgrounds are you allowed to choose?
White, Cream, or Blue
What does moral of a story mean?
The lesson of the story.
Which testing strategy involves eliminating choices you know are not correct with the tools you learned?
Answer Eliminator
Describe how to compare and contrast
Find the similarities and differences between two topics
What does fiction mean?
fake story
How many times can you change the white noise setting?
At the very start. Or raising my hand to turn it off.
What is main idea and key details?
What the story is mostly about and what supports the main idea
What is the Authors Purpose of a text?
The reason they wrote the story. To persuade, to inform, or to entertain.
What are character traits?
How a character thinks, feels, or behaves through actions in the story.
What is first person POV?
When the narrator is part of the story.
Which MCA test is first? Reading or Math?
Reading
What does compare and contrast mean?
To find similarities and differences.
What strategy can you use to find an unknown word?
context clues/text evidence
What is Author's Point of View?
The author's thoughts and feelings on a topic are explained in the passage
what does the word nonfiction mean?
A genre of writing that is "not fake" real informational text
True or false.
You should stay up late the night before testing?
False
What does POV stand for
Point Of View
What is personification?
When animals or living things act like people?
What is the purpose of Opinion Writing?
Opinion writing expresses the writer's ideas and tries to convince the reader to agree with an opinion.
What is a synonym for text or story?
passage
When do the MCA's start?
TOMORROW
What is the difference between a CAUSE and an EFFECT ?
The cause is why it happened, and the effect is what happened.
It's raining outside, so I used my umbrella.
How many days do you have to complete the state test?
Two!
What is a theme?
An idea that is throughout the story.