Vocabulary
“For almost four months, Alika had been trying to guide the conversation away from home, but Sulu persisted almost every day and night, often asking the very same questions. Alika always tried to answer them without repeating himself.”
What does persisted mean as it is used in paragraph 5?
A. sobbed loudly
B. stated in a firm manner
C. remembered fondly
D. continued in a demanding way
What is continued in a demanding way?
An effect on the creation of something
What is influence?
The amount of time you are given to complete the multiple-choice portion of the MAAP assessment.
What is 3 hours?
Conversation between characters in a text
What is dialogue?
The sun would warm the water. Melting was inevitable.
What does the word inevitable mean as it is used in the sentence?
A. easy to recognize
B. hard to see
C. impossible to avoid
D. doubtful to occur
What is impossible to avoid?
How writing/text is put together
What is structure?
True or False: You ARE ready to knock out the MAAP ELA Assessment
What is TRUE!!!!
A conclusion reached by using what is read (evidence) and what is known (reasons)
What is inference?
The aerobic bacteria eat the tiny fragments left by the beetles and worms.
What does fragments mean in this sentence?
A. plants
B. piles
C. bits
D. tracks
What is bits?
The author’s reason for writing/creating text or features in text
What is author's purpose?
This strategy helps you cross out wrong answers to find the correct one.
What is the process of elimination?
Why might an author use compare/contrast when discussing two inventions?
What is to help readers understand similarities and differences between the inventions?
The real workers are the bacteria—tiny organisms too small to see individually.
What does the word organisms mean?
A. employees
B. fast eaters
C. groups
D. living things
What are living things?
The series of events in the text, the action in the text
What is plot?
True or False: A reader should never go back into the text and find evidence before choosing an answer.
What is false?
The use of descriptive language to paint a picture for the reader
What is imagery?
The first thing you find when you lift the lid to a compost heap is a swarm of insects that buzzes up into your face. There will also be a community of small creatures—slugs, snails, ants, spiders, beetles, and earthworms—scurrying around on top of the rubbish or burrowing through it.
Which two words could replace rubbish as it is used in the second paragraph?
A. waste
B. food
C. garbage
D. resource
E. germs
What is waste and garbage?
The specific selection of words by an author to achieve an effect
What is word choice?
This annotation strategy helps you quickly explain what each paragraph is doing, so you do not have to reread the text.
What is chunking?
The feeling or atmosphere a text creates within the reader.
What is mood?