MCAP 1
ELA 1
Wild Card
8C
ELA 2
100

This should not be included in any academic writing response

What is personal pronouns and opinion?

100

The author's universal message about life, society, and/or the world. 

What is theme? 

100

The only letter in the alphabet that doesn't appear in any of the state names 

What is the letter Q?

100

The place Ms. Salgado gets her morning coffee from

What is Dunkin?

100

To tell about the most important things that happened in a story using your own words

Summarize

200

The option that seems correct but doesn't answer the question completely 

What is the distracter?

200

The use of descriptive language that appeals to the readers' five senses. 

What is imagery?

200

Walt Disney's first full-length animated film

What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?

200

Name of Mrs. Bichsel's dog

Who is Scout?

200

A hint or a clue as to what will happen later in a story

What is foreshadowing?

300

Items you should make sure you have with you before taking MCAP

What is your laptop and laptop charger? 

300

References made within literature to make a point or comparison about someone, someplace, or something. 

What is allusions?

300
The ocean touching Spain, England, and France

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

300

Ms. Tate's favorite tv show

What is Spongebob?

300

When authors purposefully repeat certain words and phrases to emphasize a point.

Repetition

400

What I should use my scrap paper for during the ELA MCAP

What is taking notes, outlining a written response, and drawing after the test?

400

To examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of a text, typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation

What is to analyze?

400

Your teachers' abilities to help with questions on MCAP

What is they can't help with any questions on the test unless they are technology related?

400

Where Ms. Weednhughes vacationed over spring break


What is Disney World?

400

Comparing two things using like or as

Simile
500

How long each section is in the ELA MCAP

What is 70 minutes? 

500
The SIX main parts of an argumentative essay. 

What are the claim, reasons/points, evidence, reasoning, counterargument, and rebuttal?

500

The author of The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart

Who is Edgar Allan Poe?

500

The reason Ms. Rogers is leaving in May.

What is she's having a baby girl? :)

500

When an object or animal is given human qualities for descriptive purposes

Personification