RANDOM Trivia
How many hours are in 1 day?
24
The meaning of convey.
ex. Please convey your answer in a complete sentence.
What is "to tell or give information about"?
What is figurative language?
How should you answer an ECR or SCR?.
What is RACE?
R estate the question
A answer the question
C ite the evidence
E xplain the answer
What is a strategy to answer multiple choice questions?
to get rid of the distractions (aka stupid answer choices)
The percentage needed to get MEETS on the RLA STAAR Test.
What is 54%?
The meaning of infer.
What is make an educated guess about something from the information you are given
A turning point, the highest point in a story.
What is Climax?
What does the word inform mean?
to tell
The strategy you use when writing an SCR and ECR.
What is RACE?
R estate the question
A answer the question
C ite the evidence
E xplain the answer
What defines you? (hint - it's not a grade you get on a test)
your character or personality
The meaning of explain.
What is giving details and describing?
The sequence of events that make up a story.
What is the plot?
Proof in the writing to explain answers.
What is text evidence?
What strategy should you use to solve a math problem?
go step by step and
SHOW YOUR WORK
Name 3 out of the 4 principals at MPMS.
Mr. Jackson
Mr. Woods
Mrs. Bradley
Ms. Saladiner
The meaning of summarize
to tell what happened at the beginning, middle and end without giving a lot of details
The reason for or intent in writing of an author.
What is Author's Purpose?
Factual writing about real people, places, event, ideas, or things.
What is NonFiction?
What is a strategy you can use to figure out what a word means?
use context clues - the words around the unknown word
What is the name of next month?
April
The meaning of sensory language.
What is "words or phrases that appeal to your 5 sense"?
What gives human characteristics to non-human things?
What is personification?
The text is mostly about.
What is Controlling Idea? (Or central idea, main idea)
What are some things you should do to help you understand a text?
read it carefully all the way through
summarize it as you go
look for key ideas