ELA Vocab
Important Ideas
Test Day
Open Response
Multiple Choice
100
This part of speech describes (or modifies) a noun in a sentence.
What is an adjective
100
This is the "big idea" or "lesson" your grader wants you to think about.
What is Theme?
100

In the morning, who will you take the test with?

Homeroom teacher (in most cases)

Maybe small group (some students)

100

How many paragraphs are needed in your open response?

At least 3


100

I do this first when I start a story.

Read the top of the page (title and directions)

200
This word refers to giving something that is not a person human-like characteristics in writing
What is personification?
200
This is the big problem in the story.
What is the conflict?
200
How long do you have to work on MCAS
What is as long as you need
200

How I show paragraphs in my open response on the computer

Hit enter and indent
200

I do this on every single question to figure out the answer..

What is go back to the passage/story?

300
This text feature is indicated with a star or number in the text, and you look down below to find the answer.
What is a footnote?
300
This is the events that happen in the story.
What is plot?
300

How can you take a break on MCAS day?

Go to the bathroom or ask for a stretch break

(no head on the desk!)


300
my last sentence begins with these words or something similar.
What is "In Conclusion,"?
300

This is what I do when I don't know the answer to a question.

Process of elimination 


rule out the ones that are wrong and take my best guess.

400
Alliteration, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, and Imagery are all examples of this.
What is Figurative Language/Figures of Speech?
400
This is how we figure things out that aren't said in the story, but that we still know.
What is inference/using context clues?
400

What happens if your electronics go off during the test or you talk?

the scores of the whole room may not count.

400

What do you have to do if it says to "include information from the text"?

Add quotes or evidence


400
What can you do when there is a word you don't know?

Use context clues.


Check the bottom of the pages for definitions


Use a dictionary (if I get one)

500
This word refers to the author's mood or how they would read the text out loud.
What is Tone.
500
This means putting things in your own words rather than copying. You should use it in open responses, and the test will do it in multiple choice answers.
What is paraphrasing?
500

What are two things I need to bring to MCAS?

a book, pencils, erasers 

500

What graphic organizer can you make to help with your writing?

RACES

500

This is one thing I will never ever do on a multiple choice question

Leave it blank.

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