Figurative Language
Reading
Something Dumb and Fun
Literary Terms
Take Care of What You Need
100
Similes make comparisons of two unlike things using these two words.
What are "like" and "as"?
100
Taking your time.
What is the best thing you can do on the MCA?
100
#2
What type of pencil do you have to use on the MCA?
100
Character vs. Self is an example of what type of conflict?
What is internal?
100
Getting a good night's sleep and eating breakfast.
What are things to do to be prepared for the MCA?
200
Long lizards lazily lounged while laughing and sipping lemonade is an example of what poetic device?
What is alliteration?
200
Explicit
What is an answer that is right there in the text?
200
Because the students are so bright!!!!
Why do all the BCMS teachers have to wear sunglasses?
200
To persuade, inform, or entertain.
What is author's purpose or author's intent?
200
GO TO THE BATHROOM!
What you should do before the test starts!
300
A cat is apt to sing upon a major scale is an example of this.
What is personification.
300
Look for evidence!!!!
What you should do to answer every question on the MCA!
300
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
What are the colors of the rainbow in order.
300
4-5 lines in a poem, like a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
300
Take a mental break.
What is a strategy to keep yourself focused when you start to zone out?
400
The definition of metaphor is...
What is the comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".
400
What's going on in the story + the things you already know= what reading skill?
What is inferencing?
400
He was "sodapressed".
Why did the can crusher quit his job?
400
4-5 lines in a poem, like a paragraph
What is a stanza?
400
Read a book.
What can do when you finish your MCA?
500
Rhyme, repetition, alliteration, and figurative language are examples of these.
What are poetic devices?
500
First person, third person limited, third person omniscient
What are literary or narrators point of view.
500
The North "POLL".
Where do polar bears vote?
500
Irony
What it is called when the opposite of what you expect happens?
500
Walk around or ask to use the bathroom.
What can you NOT do during the MCA?
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