MCAS Trivia
What is the date of the 8th grade ELA MCAS?
4/7 and 4/8
What is the name of a strategy you can use when answering multiple choice questions? (Starts with P)
Process of Elimination
What is evidence?
Content from the passages that support your claim.
What is a comparison using like or as called?
A simile.
What is a comparison of two things without using like or as?
A metaphor.
Are you allowed to have your phone or air pods at any time during the test?
NO!!
What should you do on scrap paper before you type your essay?
Create an organizer
In what kind of essay do you have to convey information without using your opinion?
Explanatory.
What does infer mean?
To make an educated guess.
What is the term for hinting at future events?
Foreshadowing.
What are two things you can do at home to help you better tackle the MCAS on the day you take it?
Get enough sleep and eat some breakfast.
What's the last day of school this year?
June 18th.
What is a hook?
An opening statement that engages your reader.
What does analyze mean?
To examine something and explain what you find
A "paragraph", when used in a poem, is called what?
A Stanza.
How long do you have to take the MCAS?
Up until the end of the day (if you are working diligently).
What year was the town of Hull incorporated?
1644.
You have read a passage, and you have been asked to write an essay. Which type of essay means that you are trying to convince the reader of something?
What is the term for when words phonetically imitate, resemble, or suggest the natural sound of the thing they describe?
Onomatopoeia. (Bang, buzz, etc.)
What is dramatic irony?
When the audience knows something that the characters don't
What does MCAS stand for?
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
Why is it a good idea to come up with your own answer to the multiple choice questions before reading the options?
To see if an option already matches your thinking.
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 connotation?
The emotional/cultural/associative meaning behind a word. (e.g., "frugal" vs. "stingy")