Essay Format 101
Multiple Choice Strategies
Essay Strategies
Rubric
Vocabulary
100

When doing the MCAS next week. How many paragraphs does your essay have to be? 

What is 5 paragraphs. 

100

What is the first multiple choice strategy taught to you?

What is "read carefully"?

100

How many body paragraphs do you need in a 5 paragraph essay?

What is 3 body paragraphs?

100

How many points is the idea development category? 

What is 5 points?

100

An antique watch that no longer functions is an example of what vocabulary word?

What is Trumpery? 

200

What is the first piece/component within the introduction paragraph?

What is a hook or attention grabber?

200

How many strategies did Ms. Ross teach you?

What is 6?

200

What is the purpose of a graphic organizer?

What is "to plan for your essay"?

200

What are the 2 main categories within the MCAS grading rubric?

What is idea development and english conventions? 

200

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence.


The ______ aroma emanating from cave made me want to barf.

What is pungent?

300

Write the formula to a thesis statement. 

What is "Thesis= Concise answer to the question + "because"+ pt. 1, pt. 2, and pt. 3."?

300

What multiple choice strategy focuses on elimination answers?

What is process of elimination?

300

What do you receive on MCAS day for drawing and using the graphic organizer?

What is 100 points on a test/quiz grade?

300

How many points is the section dedicated to grammar?

What is 3 points?

300

As an American, taxes in life is an example of the vocabulary word _________?

What is "Inevitable"?

400

What do the MCAS graders care about the most when grading your essay?

What is "your ability to develop your ideas"?

400

Which one of the multiple choice strategies take the most skill and consumes the most time? 

What is "come up with your own answer first"?

400

Name three available tasks you may due once complete with the MCAS?

What is draw, sleep, or color?

400

What does "variety of sentence structure" mean?

What is a combination of "compound, simple, and complex sentences"? 

400

The color ______ best describes the connotative emotion associated with the word "chicanery".

What is the color green?

500

Give a one sentence thesis to this question: "What are the negative impacts on kids under 13 when allowed to use TikTok without supervision"?

What is "Kids under 13 are impacted negatively when they are unsupervised using TikTok because ...."? 

500

What is the name for the type of answers MCAS experts give to trick you?

What is "almost right answers" or "wrong but attractive choices"?

500

MCAS testers refer to the "essay question" as what?

What is "the prompt"?

500

What does "awareness of task and mode" mean within the rubric?

What is "understanding the way in which you convey your essay"?


What is "understanding what you are being asked to do"?

500

Name the vocabulary word being defined: "existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered"

What is "ubiquitous"?