MCA Strategies
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Poetry
Mr. Barry
100
The question type for this question... "What is the theme of the passage?"
What is Central Idea?
100
What we start to learn about at the beginning of a story. (Give me 2)
What is problems, character traits & setting.
100
The main idea of a non fiction text is the Author's________.
What is Claim?
100
Ten tiny tots on the train track
What is alliteration?
100
The names of Mr. Barry's 2 doggos.
Who are Clementine & Luna?
200
Name 3 things that the chunks of a piece of fiction can do.
What is... Give info about characters, Establish setting, Conflict or problems, Show character motivations or feelings, Change in character or problem, Lessons learned, Resolution of problems, Turning Point
200
What we call the central idea of a story.
What is the theme?
200
A technique used at the beginning of a text to catch the reader's attention and get them thinking.
What is a hook?
200
The term for a poem's paragraphs.
What are stanzas?
200
The city that Mr. Barry is in in the "What's Mr. Barry reading? picture.
What is Rome?
300
Name the strategy... "Cover the real answers with your hand, and write down what you think would be a good answer."
What is Predicting the Answer?
300
Name two types of conflict
What is man vs. man, man vs. himself, man vs. nature, or man, vs society?
300
A technique where you say why what your opponent said is wrong.
What is a rebuttal?
300
Bang! Pow! Zoom!
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
The number of tattoos that Mr. Barry has.
What is 7?
400
What are 3 things a Non-Fiction text can do?
What is... Presents claim, Introduce background for topic Provide evidence for claim, Statistic, Rebuttal, Describes an event, Introduces an example, Hooks the reader, Concludes argument
400
Why was TMC in "Running the Hills" afraid of Kerry Kendall?
What is he cheats!
400
A term meaning "organized by time."
What is chronological?
400
The tires screamed as I stomped on the brakes!
What is personification?
400
The name of the unicorn.
What is Maurice?
500
Name the 2 question types this question could be... "In paragraph 6, what effect does using the work *frantic* have on the paragraph?"
What is Vocabuary & Detail?
500
Describe the Turning Point of a text
What is a moment where everything changes for the character?
500
A technique that gets the reader motivated to do something or challenges their thinking.
What is a Call to Action?
500
The two words that turn a metaphor into a similie.
What is "like" & "as?"
500
The occupation of Mr. Barry's ancestors.
What is Pirates!
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