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ELA Terms
100
I stop a sentence.  There are 4-8 of me in every paragraph.  What am I?
A period!
100
Give an example of simile.
Snow, soft and white as flour
100
A narrator that uses 'I, me, and my.'
First person
100
How many MICE paragraphs you should have.
2-3 or at least one per text!
100
What is internal monologue?
Character's thoughts and feelings
200
What type of text would you write for the following prompt:

Write a story that describes what happens next to the character.  Be sure to use the same style as the author and details from the text to support your response.

A narrative that uses the same point of view as the text.
200
Give an example of hyperbole.
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
200
A literary device that uses all five senses to paint a picture for the reader.
Imagery
200
Describe what you need in your introduction.
Hook

Summary

Thesis Statement

200
What is tone?
The narrator's opinion or attitude towards something
300

What type of text would you write for the following prompt:

Write an essay that describes how the texts convey the experience of women in America in the 1920s.  Be sure to use evidence from the text to support your response.

An essay that describes how women felt in the 1920s.
300
What is personification?
Giving human traits to non-human objects

EX: The light danced on the water at sunset

300
What does it mean when the story is told in third person?
The narrator is anonymous or outside of the story.  This narrator tells the story using he/she, they, and character names
300
Describe what you need in your conclusion.
Restate thesis

End with a closing thought that connects to hook

300
What is mood?
The atmosphere or feelings created by descriptions in the text.
400

What type of text would you write for the following prompt:

Write a story that describes how the antagonist of the story experienced the events. Be sure to use the same style as the author and details from the text to support your response.

A narrative from the perspective of the antagonist in the story that has a similar plot to the original story.
400
How do you read a poem?
3 times!

1: Gist

2:Language

3: Deeper Meaning

400
What is symbolism

Symbolism is when an object represents an idea or message.

EX: clean water = freedom and choice in A Long Walk to Water

Paper = defiance or danger in The Color of my Words

400

Write an essay that describes how the author portrays/conveys/develops a conflict.

In the prompt, what does portray, convey, and develop mean?
Describe or show how the author creates the conflict
400
Why does an author use figurative language?
To make the text interesting, to help the reader visual, to present a clear message
500
What advice do you have for your friend taking MCAS next week?
Eat breakfast

Take your time

Try your best

Use what you know and use the test to take the test

Show off!  Make the graders see how smart you are!

500

Cite this poem by Edgar Allen Poe:

Once upon a midnight dreary, 

while I pondered, weak and weary,

"Once upon a midnight dreary, / while I pondered, weak and weary," (Poe).

500
Identify two common themes in a text
Never give up

Trust your heart

Believe in yourself

Money doesn't buy happiness

Be kind and respectful to others

500

Write a thesis for the following prompt:

You have read The Giver and A Long Walk to Water.  Write an essay that identifies a similar theme in each text and explain how the authors develop this theme.

The authors of The Giver and A Long Walk to Water develop the theme never give up through their characters struggles.

500
Describe at least two different genres of fiction.
Realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, folk tales, fairy tales, science fiction, mysteries, adventures