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Parts of Speech
Genre
Figurative Language
MCAS Vocabulary
MCAS Mish-Mash
100

This part of speech describes a noun.

What is an adjective?

100
Written in lines and stanzas with figurative language.
What is a poem?
100
"Sharp as a tack" is an example of this style of figurative language.
What is a simile?
100
This is the problems the main characters face in a story.
What is conflict?
100
You need to read this part of a passage first.
What is the italics?
200

A person, place, or thing

What is a noun?

200
This has characters, spoken words, and stage directions.
What is a play?
200
"Kaboom!" is an example of this style of figurative language.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
This term means a section, or a piece of a longer piece of writing.
What is an excerpt?
200

Every Open Response needs to start with this. 

What is a Claim?

300

Usually ends with -ly

What is an adverb?

300

This is a made up story that could be true, or seems like it is real.

What is fiction?

300
"Sheila should share her shells." is an example of this style of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
300
Something that causes something else to happen.
What is cause and effect?
300

You need to do these two things when a question asks you about specific lines in the passage.

What are go back to reread and annotate? (bonus points: then, go back and answer the question using your work habits!)

400

"Walking through the woods, Jeffrey got attacked by a grizzly bear." The word "attacked" is used as what part of speech?

What is a verb?

400
A made up story with a crime, or something that needs to be solved, and has suspense.
What is a mystery?
400
"I am a rock. I am an island." is as example of this style of figurative language.
What is metaphor?
400

This is known as what the author wants the reader to get out of their piece of writing, or the moral/lesson of the story.

What is theme?

400

You need to include at least two of these in your Open Response to prove where you got the answer to the question.

What are direct quotes?

500

This part of speech takes the place of a noun, is more specific, and always starts with a capital letter.

What is a proper noun?

500

An informational text with facts or a speech given by a real person.

What is a non-fiction?

500
"That joke is so old, the first time I heard it I was laughing so hard I fell off my dinosaur!" is an example of this style of figurative language.
What is hyperbole?
500

The attitude of the writer toward a subject that is expressed in their writing.

What is mood/tone?

500

This is the order of the 6 pieces of a fantastic Open Response. Extra points if you mention grammar

What is Claim, Evidence #1, Elaboration #1, Evidence #2, Elaboration #2, Conclusion?

Bonus:

Paragraphs for each new idea, Punctuation, Capital Letters, Transition Words, Quotation Marks