MCAS Trivia
What are the dates for the grade 10 ELA MCAS?
Tuesday 3/25 and Wednesday 3/26.
On an average night, I should get this much sleep:
8-10 hours a night (according to the CDC)
When should you re-read a section to answer a multiple choice question?
Always!
Another word for Main Idea on the MCAS is what?
Central Idea
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two things. (Without using "like" or "as"
Ex: "Life is a journey" or "She is a ray of sunshine"
What is the tool that crosses out incorrect answers?
The answer eliminator
When writing a narrative essay, what type of brainframes will work best?
Sequencing and telling.
How long should an essay be?
As long as it needs to be to fully answer the question (usually anywhere between 3-5 paragraphs)
What does infer mean?
To make an educated guess.
What two types of conflict exist in literature?
Internal and external.
Aside from sleep and exercise, what is essential in helping your brain for a challenging task like the MCAS?
A healthy diet/food
True or False: You will have scrap paper to take notes or create brainframes.
True!
What should you create on your scrap paper to help you plan out your essay?
Graphic Organizer/Brainframes/Outline
What does explain mean?
To connect evidence with the claim or idea that the evidence supports.
What is alliteration? Give an example.
The repetition of the initial consonant sound.
Ex: Marjorie makes meatballs.
True or False: If you are absent on the day of MCAS you do not have to take that session.
FALSE!!! You will have to make up the session you missed.
If a question asks you to compare, what is expected from you?
Compare means to look at common characteristics and identify how things are alike or similar.
What are the names of the different paragraphs your essay should have?
Introductory paragraph, Body paragraphs, concluding paragraph.
What does "support your claim" mean?
To provide evidence and explain how that evidence supports your claim (what you are trying to prove/argue).
What is a hyperbole? Give an example.
An extreme exaggeration
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"
What are the 2 types of essays you may have to write?
Analysis (Explanatory or Argumentative) and/or Narrative
If you want to be able to pay close attention to one specific answer option at a time, you should use this tool to cover up the rest.
Answer Masking Tool
You have read a passage, and you have been asked to write an essay. Which type of essay means that you are continuing the story of a text you read during ELA MCAS?
Writing a narrative essay.
What does portray mean?
To show what someone or something is like.
What is the difference between tone and mood in a text?
If tone is the author's attitude toward a subject, then mood is how we are made to feel as readers, or the emotion evoked by the author.