Prefixes
Suffixes
Parts of Speech
MCAS strategies
Short Story
100
Semi: one, half, two
What is half?
100
-able
What is able, likely?
100
person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
100
Read the possible answers and see if you can rule any of them out because you know they are not the right answer.
What is how to select the correct answer for multiple choice?
100
time and place in which event in a story happen
What is the setting?
200
bi-
What is two?
200
-like
What is like?
200
a word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
200
If you get stuck on a question you should...
What is move on to another question and make a note to remind yourself to go back to the question. (also the correct response could be try to narrow down the selection, pick the one that makes the most sense)
200
The feeling the reader gets when reading a story; the feeling or atmosphere suggested by the setting of a story.
What is mood?
300
tri-
What is three?
300
-less
What is without?
300
A state of being word, or a word that shows action,
What is a verb?
300
Use ____________clues to help you understand the meanings of words you are unfamiliar with.
What are context clues?
300
The central message expressed in a story (moral).
What is the theme?
400
Cent-
What is one hundred?
400
person who
What is -ent, -er, -or, -ist, -ee? (any of these)
400
I will pass the MCAS test. Identify the words I/will/pass/MCAS/test
What is Subject(pronoun)/being verb/verb/adjective/noun?
400
outline, web, pre-writing, graphic organizer
What is making a plan (before writing your final essay response)?
400
The main character who is most central to the events of the story also name the character who works against the main character and causes conflict.
Who is the protagonist and antagonist?
500
_______thought (hint: think of something before it happens)
What is fore?
500
state of being
What is -sion,tion?
500
We will be successful ELA students in 2011. (label each word and its part of speech)
What is subject(pronoun)/linking verb/being verb/action verb/adjective/noun/preposition/noun?
500
How to respond to an essay question?
What is restate, answer every part, support your answer with text, conclusion sentence (answer in complete sentences, do best in grammar & spelling)
500
The way the story unfolds is the plot, name the 5 parts of the story plot graph.
What is the expostion, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution?
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