MCAP 1
This should not be included in any academic writing response
What is personal pronouns and opinion?
Before selecting an answer to the question, I need to...
(any answers apply)
read the question
read the entire passage
eliminate incorrect answers
Define a two-part question (Part A, Part B)
What is a question that asks about the text and then asks for a quote to support your previous answer?
A strong argumentative essay has these three things.
If you are running out of time for your essay you should still focus on writing at least a what?
What is a CERER?
The mode your phone should be in during MCAP
What is completely off and put away?
The place or environment where a story takes place in.
What is the setting?
Writing that tells a story and focuses on conflicts and character development.
What is narrative writing/a narrative essay.
A good type of graphic organizer to use when comparing and contrasting.
What is a T-Chart or Venn Diagram?
What is persuasive writing relies on emotion?
What is pathos?
Items you should make sure you have with you before taking MCAP
What is your laptop and laptop charger?
A literary device or event in which contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true.
What is irony?
True/False: Your teacher/test proctor can help you with the questions on the test.
What is false?
What to use to figure out the meaning of a word.
What are context clues?
An uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next. An author might create it by withholding information or revealing it slowly.
What is suspense?
What you must do if you miss a day of MCAP testing
Complete makeup test AND miss field day.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution are parts of the ___________ of a story.
What is the plot?
What's another name for a claim in argumentative essays?
What is thesis statement?
A literary device in which a writer intentionally repeats the same word or phrase for effect.
What is repetition?
At least 2 or 3 to support your answer.
What are the number of pieces of text evidence?
The difference between direct quotes and paraphrasing.
What is using the author's exact words, vs. rephrasing into your own words?
Intelligence, loyalty, patience, and determination are all examples of this.
What are character traits?
The items that are permitted to be on your desk during MCAP
What is your laptop, headphones, paper, pencil, and laptop charger?
If an author is using facts and stats what rhetorical appeal are they using to persuade readers?
What is logos?
When asked which context clues you used to define a word, the correct answer will never include this.
What is the word itself?