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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

This part of the passage is very important, and often skipped by students!

What is the background info?

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 piece of a longer piece of writing.
What is an excerpt?
200
You should always do this before reading the passages.

What is read the questions first?

300
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?
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

Appealing to the reader using any of the 5 senses.

What are sensory details?

300
You need to do these two things when you find an answer in the passage.
What are underline and label with the question number?
400
Using the trick we learned in class, if you take out the word they are asking you about, and the sentence does not make sense,that word has to be one of 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 direct quotes / evidence?

500
"When the student got signed in, she felt attacked by her teachers." The word "attacked" 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 Intro & Conclusion in an Essay (NOT a narrative).

What is: Hook, Background Thesis (Intro) Thesis, Summary, So What? (Conclusion)