ELA Vocab
Important Ideas
Test Day
Open Response
Multiple Choice
100
This part of speech describes (or modifies) a noun in a sentence.
What is an adjective
100
This is the "big idea" or "lesson" your grader wants you to think about.
What is Theme?
100

In the morning, where should you go to on MCAS day?

What is homeroom ?

100
How many examples or ideas are needed in your open response.
What is three?
100

I do this every time I see a multiple choice question.

What is annotate the question, process of elimination, and answer the question.

200
This word refers to giving something that is not a person human-like characteristics in writing
What is personification?
200
This is the big problem in the story.
What is the conflict?
200
How long do you have to work on MCAS
What is as long as you need
200
How I show paragraphs in my open response.
What is indent.
200
I do this on every single question to figure out which is the answer with the most evidence.
What is go back to the passage/story?
300

This is what you do when you get a text and start underlining important information.

What is a annotation?

300
This is the events that happen in the story.
What is plot?
300

What can you do after your test?

What is read a book or take a finisher packet

300
my last sentence begins with these words or something similar.
What is "In Conclusion,"?
300

This is what I do when I don't know the answer to a question.

What is use process of elimination.

400
Alliteration, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, and Imagery are all examples of this.
What is Figurative Language/Figures of Speech?
400
This is how we figure things out that aren't said in the story, but that we still know.
What is inference/using context clues?
400

On MCAS day where should your backpack go and where should your phone be?

What is in the front/back of the classroom and in our backpacks

400

The five paragraphs of an essay.

What is introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

400

What are the important words to annotate in this question: 

Reread paragraph 1. Based on the paragraph, what is a sock's main purpose?
A. to keep feet clean
B. to keep feet warm
C. to be part of a pair
D. to be used for a job

 What is paragraph 1, sock's, and main purpose. 

500
This word refers to the author's mood or how they would read the text out loud.
What is Tone.
500
This means putting things in your own words rather than copying. You should use it in open responses, and the test will do it in multiple choice answers.
What is paraphrasing?
500

What are two things you should do when you get your scrap paper?

What is create a 4 square/ essay organizer and multiple choice steps.

500

How many sentences is in each paragraph and what should it include?

What is a claim, evidence, reasoning, and conclusion.

500
This is one thing I will never ever do on a multiple choice question
What is leave it blank.