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Parts of Speech
Which 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 at the top before the title?

or 

What is the multiple choice questions?

200
"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?
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 smaller part of a longer piece of writing.

What is an excerpt?

200

Every Open Response needs to start with this. (Extra 100 points for giving the definition.)

What is T.T.Q.A?

300

This part of speech is a type of noun which is specific, and always starts with a capital letter.

What is a proper noun?

300
This is a made up story that could be true, or seems like it is real.
What is realistic fiction?
300
"Sheila should share her shells." is an example of this style of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
300

What are some of the stems used for interpretation? Name 3.

This means

This shows

This tells

This indicates

This proves

300

How do you correctly introduce and punctuate an evidence quote?

You write something like:

As it says in the passage, "B95 flew almost 18,000 miles in his 18 years."

Make sure you use a comma, a pair of quotation marks, and copy the text exactly. The period goes inside the quotation marks.

400

Every complete sentence needs these two parts of speech. 

What is a noun or 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 of the story.

What is the author's message or theme?

400

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

What are pieces of evidence. The evidence can be directly quoted or paraphrased in your own words.

500

"When the student arrived at school, she felt welcomed by her teachers." The word "welcomed" is used as this part of speech.

What is an adverb?

500

A made up story with a moral, and often has talking animals.

What is a fable?

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 tone?
500

This is the order of the 11 pieces of a fantastic Open Response.

What is TTQA, reason, evidence, interpretation, reason, evidence, interpretation, reason, evidence, interpretation, conclusion.