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100

True or False: I should read the title and box at the top.


BONUS: Why?

TRUE!

BONUS: It can give us information that we need to better understand the story. 

100
When two objects or ideas that are not alike are compared using 'like' or 'as'
Simile
100

What type of question is being asked when it says: "What is this story mostly about?"

Main Idea questions

100
What is the setting of a story?
Where the story takes place
100

What are 2 things you should do at HOME before the MCA?

Get a good night's sleep

Eat a good breakfast

Wake up on time

Get to school on time

200

When I read through a story/paragraph and I am confused by what I just read, I should...

Go back and READ IT AGAIN.

200
When two objects or ideas that are not alike are compared without using like or as
Metaphor
200

What should you do when you come to a word you don't know in a text?

Read the words around it and use context clues to try to understand it. You can also skip the word to see if you can still understand the text.

200
What is the mood of a story?
Mood is the overall emotion that the reader feels from a story.
200

Groups of lines in a poem are called a _________.

Stanza

300

When it's time to choose the best answer, I should...

Read ALL choices, cross off answers that don't make sense, pick the BEST choice. 

300
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object
Personification
300
TRUE or FALSE: I should go back and find proof in the text before choosing my answers. 

TRUE!

Don't just rely on your memory.. it can be WRONG! The story cannot be wrong. 

300

What is the theme of a story or text?

The main lesson that can be learned from the story.

300

What is an inference? 

A GOOD guess.

400

When I get tired of reading and want to be done testing, but it's not time yet, what are some things I could do? 

Keep going

Focus on ONE question at a time

Take a short break (stretch, look up, roll neck, etc.)

Positive Self Talk

Take deep breaths

DON'T GIVE UP!

400
The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action.
Onomatopoeia
400

When I get to a type of question that I have never seen before, I should:
A. Skip it

B. Take my time and look through each part

C. Make a random guess

D. Complain and Give up

B. 

Take some time to look and read through everything to see how you can make your best answer/guess.

400

What are the 5 Text Structures? (How a text is set up).

1. Compare and Contrast

2. Cause and Effect

3. Description

4. Problem and Solution

5. Sequence 

400

List one thing that you can use your scratch paper for for the reading MCA. 

Gists

Notes to remember what your read

Meanings of words

Summary

Important ideas from the story

500

When I get to a question and the answer seems really easy and obvious, what should I do?

Go back and double check.

500

When the beginning sound of words are repeated, it is called... 

Alliteration

Ex: Whispering Wind, Always Acting like Animals

500

List two other words that mean the same as "story."

Ex: Read the story. 

Text, passage, tale, narrative, article, fable, etc. 

500

What is a summary?

A SHORT version of the story that tells us the important points; BIG IDEAS; in your own words

500

What is Topic?
What is Main Idea?
BONUS: What are details?


Topic: One word that describes what the story is about.

Main Idea: What the story is mostly about

Details: Support the main idea (PROVE it)