What does paragraph 1 MOSTLY suggest about the Boggart?
What is B- He has developed a method for his trickery.
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What is another name for a "steal and slide" sentence?
What is a topic sentence
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Where is the best place to find a MC question's answer?
What is in the reading
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Read lines 3 and 4 of the poem in the box below.
"Sparsely furnished
Crowded with warmth"
What does the poet most likely mean by the contrast in the lines?
What is A: A room can be full of love even if the family has few possessions.
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Then they had enhanced the beds and made them deep and soft with more boughs . . .
What does the word enhanced mean as it is used in the sentence?
What is D: improved
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What do paragraphs 3-7 suggest?
What is B- The family is unaware that the Boggart is with them.
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How many details should you include in an open response question?
What is 3
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Name one strategy of answering a multiple choice question.
What is process of elimination, taking an educated guess, finding evidence in the reading, context clues, etc.
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Line 10 contrasts the mother's strength with her
What is D: gentleness
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They had banked the fire well and the coals would last until morning.
Which meaning of the word banked is used in the sentence?
What is D: piled up in a mound or heap
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In paragraph 9, what does the phrase "mutual irritation" show about how the family members react to the Boggart's tricks?
What is A- They have become suspicious of each other.
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What is the first step in answering an open response question?
What is reading ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION?
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When a MC question uses a vocabulary word you do not know, what should you do?
What is :use context clues to figure out the meaning of a word
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Read lines 21 and 22 from the poem in the box below.
"Lines upon her face,
features carved of hard times
Lines around her eyes,
creases of happy times"
What does the speaker suggest about the lines in his mother's face?
What is C: They are created by both joy and sadness.
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The snake motif represented the West African god of fertility, and flower patterns symbolized the Haitian goddess of love.
Based on the sentence, what does the word motif mean?
What is B: design
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What does the word, temperate, mean in paragraph 2?
What is C: self-restained
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How many sentences should your open response have?
What is 8
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If you come across the term "most likely" in a MC question, what do you know about your answer options?
What is: all of your options could work, but only one answer is the best choice.
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What is suggested by the phrase "light up dark corners" in line 25?
What is B: The mother makes difficult times easier for her son.
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SETTING: . . . Ornamental vases
stand at right.
Based on the meaning of the word "ornament," what does the word ornamental most likely mean?
What is C: decorative
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Re-read the sentence below from paragraph 1.
"But that was like gobbling a whole bag of candy in five minutes."
What does "that" represent in this simile?
What is A: The Boggart rushing his tricks and pranks.
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"This is why so many sixth-graders will succeed in this year's MCAS testing," is an example of which part of an open response?
What is a conclusion sentence
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What should you NEVER do while answering MC questions?
What is leave an answer blank
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Which literary term is used in the lines,
"She moves gently in and out of light
Like a dream just out of reach"
What is C: A simile
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“I’m so sorry,” Jo said in a low voice,
leaning close to her sister.
Which meaning of the word low is used
in the sentence?