English II
Academic Vocabulary
Algebra I
Biology I
Test-Taking Strategies
Text Structure
100
a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
Something which is stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt
What is explicit?
100
The change in the Y coordinate over the Change in the X coordinate is the way to find
what distinction of steepness.
What is Slope?
100
A cross of a black chicken (BB) with a white chicken (WW) produces all speckled offspring (BW) (Black and White).
This type of inheritance is known as_________.
What is codominance?
100
This process cancels out answers one would consider wrong.
What is [the process of] eliminination?
100
If a passage explains how two or more things are alike and different, it is using this text structure.
What is Compare and Contrast?
200
The following statement is an example of what type of figurative language?
His heart was a block of ice.
What is a metaphor?
200
A conclusion reached by combining textual evidence and personal experiences/knowledge
What is inference?
200
Another name for root, initial value, or X intercept.
What is zero?
200
In hamsters, having hair (H) is dominant to being hairless (h). If a homozygous recessive hamster
is crossed with a heterozygous hamster, what are the genotypes and the phenotypes of the offspring?
HH, hh ; 100% have hair
200
What a student uses to show work or annotate during the MAAP test.
What is scratch paper?
200
Finish this statement: If you cannot support your answer with evidence from the text, ______.
What is "that's not the correct answer?"
OR "What is "It's wrong?"
300
What does haberdashery mean as it is used in the sentence below?
"Haberdashery, which is a store that sells men’s clothing, is becoming more common today.”
What is "a store that sells men’s clothing?"
300
form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess.
What is evaluate?
300
The form of a line where y = mx + b.
What is Slope Intercept Form of a
Line?
300
Which of the following creatures do NOT have a bony skeleton?
What are sharks?
300
When reading answer choices, if I read the first answer and immediately know it is correct, I should skip reading the other answer choices to save time.
What is false?
300
The following paragraph uses which text structure?
"Due to a lack of rain, the local farmers’ crops began to dry out. As a result, the price of vegetables at the market increased, and many people had to buy canned food instead."
What is cause and effect?
400
Define theme.
Wat is the lesson or moral of the story?
400
Identify the author's purpose in the following statement.
By the 1850s, the United States had officially acquired California from Mexico, and 80,000 gold prospectors had moved to the region.
What is to inform?
400
The Quadrant where the ordered pair (6, -3) can be found.
What is the Fourth Quadrant?
400
Because of this animal’s adaptations, it would be most
successful at-
What is hiding from predators?
400
Name two things a student should do before arriving at the test.
What is:
-eat a good breakfast?
-get a good night's sleep?
-review strategies, skills, and/or concepts?
-review vocabulary?
400
If a question has a Part A and a Part B, this is what happens if you get Part A correct and Part B wrong or vice versa.
What is you get it all wrong?
500
In argumentative writing, this statement would be identified as the ______.
I agree that’s Lisa’s allergic to cats, but there are some breed of cats that are hypo-allergenic and won’t cause people’s allergies to act up.
What is counterargument?
500
a literary device used to have an effect on its audience. Often used to persuade the reader.
What is rhetoric?
500
Linear, ___________, and Exponential and the three types of equations we study in Algebra 1.
Quadratic
500
Which genetic variation within a population of gazelles would most likely aid in the gazelle’s survival if predation in the area suddenly increased? 
What are stronger hind leg muscles?
500
This is the minimum score to be considered proficient on the MAPP test.
What is 1065?
500
The length of time allowed for Session 1 of your English II test.
What is 3 hours /180 minutes?