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Parts of Speech
Genre
Figurative Language
MCAS Vocabulary
Essays
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

How many points do you need to score on your essay in order to pass?

What is 4

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

These are the three ways to use evidence from a passage?

What is summarizing, paraphrasing or direct quotes.

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 but it is not. 

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

The amount ofevidence you need to use per text.

What is 3-6

400

A word that refers to a thing (book), a person (Noah Webster), an animal (cat), a place (Omaha), a quality (softness), an idea (justice), or an action (yodeling)

What is a noun

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 main idea?

400

The 3 types of essays you could be expected to write.

What is narrative, argument and expository?

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 where you can get more information on the essay in addition to the prompt and excerpt

What is the bold and italics information printed before prompts and excerpts.