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100

What are the dates of the ELA MCAS?

What is April 2 and 3?

100

True or False: I can't skip around the questions.

What is "False"? 

Yes you can! Start with the open response!

100

What is the most important portion of a body paragraph?

What is Evidence?

100

What type of writing is telling a story?

What is a narrative?

100

What is Theme?

What is "The message the author wants to convey to the reader"?

200

What is the most important sentence in your essay?

What is the Thesis Statement?

200

What should you do before you start reading the passage?

What is "read the questions first and highlight as you read"?

200

What do you I do after I use a quote in my essay?

You explain the quote! 

This proves ____ because _____. 

200

If you a prompt asks you to compare and contrast 2 passages, what is the best way to set up your essay? (what order do the paragraphs go in, how many etc) 

intro, body 1 (similarities), body 2 (differences), conclusion. 

200

What do we use when we don't know the meaning of a word?

What are "context clues"?

300

What is conflict?

What is the main problem in a story?

300

What is the name of the strategy to cross out answers that are incorrect? There is an MCAS Tool for this!!!

What is Process of Elimination?

300

What is the 2 parts of a thesis statement and why are they important to have?

What is claim and 2-3 reasons? They help you plan out your body paragraphs and keep you organized. 

300

What is the highest score you can receive on an open response?

What is "8"?

300

What is a comparison without using Like or As?

What is a metaphor?

400

What are the 5 parts of a plot diagram?

What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution?

400

What should you do if the question says "what is the mood in paragraph 9?"

You should immediately go back and reread paragraph 9! DO NOT try and just answer it straight from memory!

400

How many paragraphs should you have in your essay?

What is "5"?

400

What is the biggest mistake students make on Open Responses?

What is "Not reading/ answering the whole question"?

Close runner up: Not writing enough

400

What does it mean to make an inference/ infer?

What is "reading between the lines"?

500

What type of figurative language is this: Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers at the store. 

What is alliteration? 

500

When can you pick "all the above"


After you verified each statement is true.

500

What are they 3 things that make up your intro paragraph? 

What is the hook, the background information (anything I need to know to understand what you are talking about), and YOUR THESIS STATEMENT?

500

With a narrative essay, students will have to....

What is write a story (with characters, setting, plot, and dialogue!!) 

500

To give human qualities to non-human things.

What is "Personification"?

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