MCAS Trivia
MCAS Strategies (MCQs)
Writing Skills
MCAS Vocabulary
English Terms
100

The date of the ELA MCAS

What is May 11th and 12th

100

The night before MCAS I should

a) stay up late 

b) eat lots of junk food

c) go to bed early

d) watch an educational show

What is go to bed early?

100

You should use this to support your claim.

Evidence

100

What analyzing means

What is reading and interpreting text closely and carefully?

100

To give human qualities to non-human things is ________________.

What is personification?

200

The name of the strategy that eliminates incorrect answers?

What is crossing it out

200

During MCAS I should 

a)work quickly

b)skip questions

c)think about what I'm going to have for lunch

d) take my time and stay focused

What is take my time and stay focused

200

I should always use the following in my writing:

a) complete sentences

b) correct spelling

c) punctuation

d) all of the above

What is all of the above

200

A sequence is _______

What is the order in which events happen

200

A struggle between opposing forces

What is a conflict? 

300
MCAS test you have already taken in High School

9th Grade Science

300

If I finish my test before the end of the test session I will 

a)check my answers

b)look at my phone

c)leave early

a) What is check my answers?

300

I should make one of these to organize my thoughts before I begin writing.

What is a graphic organizer or outline

300

Describe means to _____

What is to give details?

300

Alliteration 

What is the repetition of consonant sounds

400

True or False?

You must take the MCAS to graduate

What is false?
400

On the day of the test I should do what?

a) stress out

b) arrive whenever

c)be on time                    


c) What is be on time?
400

The conclusion should restate this

What is a claim or thesis?
400

To support your claim is to. ____

What is to back it up; to find evidence

400

Allusion

What is a reference to another work?

500

Name of the available scholarship

What is The John and Abigail Adams Scholarship?

500

For multiple choice questions I should:

a)use "the answer is always C"

b)choose the first answer that seems right

c)read all of the choices before picking one

d)whisper to my friend to see what they put 

What is read all of the choices before picking one?

500

Narrative writing does this _________________.

What is tells a story?

500

Inferring information from the text is ___

What is figuring something out even though it isn't specifically mentioned; to read between the lines

500

Ethos, pathos, and logos are the appeals to __ ___ and ___

authority, emotion, and logic