Vocabulary
Misc
Poetic Elements- Figurative Language
Writing Techniques
GMAS
100

The name of support or proof for your claim / answer.

What is evidence?

100

What should you ALWAYS do throughout the test?

Refer back to the text to find your answers.

100
Often used in poetry that is the repeated use of a sound, word, phrase, or line
What is repetition?
100
Statement that a writer believes to be true when building an argument
What is claim?
100

How many sections will you take for the ELA GMAS Assessment? 

What is 3 sections?

200
The message or central idea of a text.
What is theme?
200

Used to separate parts of a compound sentence

What is comma and/or coordinating conjunction?

200
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
200
To express thoughts or feelings, to inform or explain, to persuade, to entertain
What is author's purpose?
200

Why will students need headphones for the GMAS ELA Assessment?

What is to listen to audio and video sources?

300
The retelling of the most important parts, including the main idea and supporting details
What is summary ?
300

Used to set off a speaker's exact words

What is quotation marks ?

300
The groups of lines in a poem
What is stanza?
300

What is the part of the story with the most action?

What is climax?
300

Students will only have a set amount of time to complete and submit GMAS exams. No extra time will be allowed. Are these statements true or false?

What is true? 

400

The narrator or character's attitude or perspective about story events and ideas

What is tone?

400

When choosing evidence from the text, the evidence must ______my answer. 

What is support?

400

A comparison using like or as.

What is a simile?

400

Why is important to use relevant and sufficient text evidence?

What is to support the claim?

400

This question applies to ELA sections 2 & 3

Students will only have ____ minutes to complete EACH section.

What is 75 minutes/ 1 hour and 15 minutes?

500

The perspective from which a story is told

What is point of view?

500

An incomplete sentence is called 

What is sentence fragment?

500

Vivid descriptive language that appeals to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)

What is imagery?

500

The amount of complete sentences in a FULL paragraph

5-7 complete sentences
500
The most IMPORTANT test that students will take this year is __________.

What is the Ga Milestones Assessment?

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