These types of words are commonly found on your MCAS test:
tough/unbreakable ;
intelligent/astute;
pristine/clean
What are words that mean the same (synonyms)?
100
When you add the clues from the text and what you already know- you are doing what?
What is inferring or drawing conclusions?
100
This is what we call the time and place in which a story is written.
What is the setting?
100
The words that the reader finds underneath a picture that describes the picture.
What is a caption?
100
The meaning of the following prefixes:
"un, in, dis, il, ir, non, im"
What is "not"
200
The _____ on the boat was torn, so the captain checked the newspaper to see if there was one for ______ that he could buy.
What are SAIL, and SALE? (homonyms)
200
What you already know is called?
What is background knowledge or prior knowledge?
200
This is what we call a type of story where the main character learns a lesson or there is a moral.
What is a fable?
200
This type of non fiction text feature is a picture with lines or arrows pointing to and describing various parts of the picture.
What is a diagram?
200
This prefix means "again".
What is "re"?
300
The following words were on a test: difficult/simple; crazy/sane; sweet/sour
What are words that mean the opposite (antonyms)?
300
To answer a context clue question about what a word means you should use the _______ method.
What is plug in?
300
All fictional stories have these basic features.
(Name 3)
What are characters, setting, events, problems, and solutions.
(Accept any 3)
300
This type of non fiction tells about a person's life.
What is a biography?
300
These are common examples of suffixes showing the tense of a verb.
(name 2 out of 3)
What are "s, ed, ing"?
400
I didn't _______ the news that the bus is _______!
What are the homonyms: HEAR and HERE?
400
When you cross out the answers you know are wrong.
What is the process of elimination?
400
This is what good readers do when they think about the clues while they are reading and guess what will happen next based on the clues.
What is predicting?
400
This non fiction text feature which breaks text into sections, should be read first instead if simply starting to read at the beginning of a chapter.
What are headings/subheadings?
400
These are words that signal a particular type of text structure: like; unlike; different; same
Name the text structure-
What is "compare/contrast" text structure.
500
I think I ______ the ship on the deep blue ______.
What are SEE and SEA?
500
Before you begin a test you should always...
What is READ THE DIRECTIONS?
500
This is what good readers do when they create pictures or videos in their heads while they read.
What is visualize?
500
This non fiction text feature shows the reader that the text is arranged in a sequential format and describes events that took place over a long period of time.
What is a time line?
500
These are words that signal a particular type of text structure: because; if...then; when...then.
Name the text structure-