How many times does a good reader read the MCAS selection?
At least three times
100
What part of speech is a person, place, or thing?
a noun
100
What do you call a word that imitates or sounds like the sound it is describing?
onomatopoeia
100
What is it called when an author directly compares two things.
Edward is a beast in the morning.
a metaphor
100
When reading an open response question, the most important thing to determine is
What the question is asking you to do
200
What does a good reader read before beginning an MCAS passage?
The italics
200
What part of speech describes the noun?
Example: The fuzzy blue blanket was on the couch.
adjectives
200
What is it called when an author gives human qualities to non-human things?
personification
200
Just like prose is chunked into paragraphs, poems are chunked into
stanzas
200
Name a pre-writing activity that can help you to prepare to answer the open response question.
create a graphic organizer
300
What does a good reader do before reading the selection for the second time?
Read the multiple choice questions.
300
What is the verb in the following sentence? The child thought about her dog all day.
thought
300
What is obvious and intential exaggeration?
The line at Market Basket was a mile long.
hyperbole
300
Matching the final two sounds in two or more words is called
rhyme
300
If an open response question asks for a character's traits, characteristics, or personality what is important to avoid writing about?
the character's physical appearance or attributes
400
While a good reader is reading how does he or she respond to the images created by the author?
visualize
400
What pronoun can be used in place of the capitalized nouns?
Angelica and Ruben swept the entire classroom.
they
400
What is the form of figurative language that compares two things using like or as?
a simile
400
What is the name of the musical beat to a poem?
rhythm
400
How many examples with supporting detail should you include in your open response?
At least three, four if possible
500
What does a good reader have to do to answer a multiple choice question when the answer is not directly stated in the text and the question contains "most likely"?
Infer
500
What part of speech describes a verb and frequently has ly at the end?
an adverb
500
What is the name of the poetic device that begins two or more consecutive words with the same letter and sound?
alliteration
500
Sometimes a poet will say the same thing in two or more consecutive lines. This is called
repitition
500
If an open response question has more than one part, what is a good way to present your answer?