Poetry
Non-fiction
Fiction
Words
MCAS Strategies
100
Words like tree/bee, brain/train, blizzard/lizard, house/mouse.
What are rhyming words?
100
A true story about someone, written by someone else.
What is biography?
100
The events in a fiction story.
What are beginning, middle, and end?
100
can't, doesn't, let's, she's, I'll
What are contractions?
100
What a text is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
200
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
200
True stories about the past.
What is history?
200
Where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
200
ladybug, playground, earthquake, applesauce, starfish
What are compound words?
200
Underline, or JAIL THE DETAIL, for this information.
What is evidence from the story that answers the questions?
300
The person who writes poetry.
What is a poet?
300
Text under a picture or photograph that tells more about it.
What is caption?
300
A story with events or characters that could not happen in real life.
What is fantasy?
300
Mrs. Olen, Six Flags, Dr. Seuss, Minecraft, Rough-Face Girl
What are proper nouns.
300
To explain means you do this.
What is give reasons and examples from the text to support your claim?
400
The beat of a poem.
What is rhythm?
400
Non-fiction that explains something or gives information.
What is Informational text?
400
Stories that are passed down and retold through time.
What is traditional literature?
400
tickled pink, pushing my buttons, under the weather, feeling blue, butterflies in my stomach
What are idioms?
400
If a question says "in paragraph 9," do this.
What is read paragraph 9, of course!
500
Sound words like moo, hiss, vrooooommm.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
Something like a title over a section of text, that tells the main idea of the text.
What is a heading?
500
A story using made-up characters that could happen in real life.
What is realistic fiction?
500
quick, strong, handsome, quiet, 50
What are adjectives?
500
When choosing the best multiple choice answer, this is what you do.
What is SLASH THE TRASH and find the best answer?
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