Narrative Essay
Argument Essay
TCAP Stuff
Informational & Argument Essay
Punctuation
Grammar
100

Where and when a story happens.

What is setting?

100

A rebuttal

Why the other side is wrong?

100

The first test we take during TCAP.

What is ELA?

100

The opening paragraph of an informative essay.

What is the introduction? 

100

The appropriate punctuation mark used to indicate a strong feeling (surprise, excitement, rage, etc.). 

What is an exclamation point?

100

FANBOYS

What are coordinating conjunctions?

or 

What is the acronym for "For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So"? 

200

The problem of the story

conflict
200

A thesis in an argument essay.

What is a claim?

200

The name of the testing platform where we take TCAP.

What is TestNav?

200

The words at the beginning of each paragraph?

What is transition words?

200

The punctuation mark that goes before a FANBOY when combining two sentences. 

What is a comma?

200

Nouns that are not capitalized.

What are common nouns?
300

Introducing the story. The main idea

What is the thesis?

300

Facts and quotes supporting a claim.

What is evidence?

300

The amount of sub-parts on the ELA TCAP test.

What is 4?

300

The number of sentences a middle schooler should have in one paragraph. 

What is 5-8?

300

The punctuation mark used in dialogue to show that a character is speaking.

What is a quotation mark?

300

Nouns that are capitalized.

What are proper nouns?

400

Conversation within the text

What is dialogue?

400

A claim made by the opposing side of the argument.

What is a counterclaim?

400

The first thing you do when opening up the writing portion of the TCAP test.

What is reading the writing prompt?

400

Hook

Grasps a readers attention?

400

Identify the error:
“Where are you going.”

What is: should end with a question mark?

400

Identify the part of speech for “under” in this sentence:
“The cat hid under the table.”

What is a preposition?

500

Theme

What message, moral, lesson? 

500

The place you would find a counterclaim in an argumentative essay. 

What is a 3rd body paragraph?  

500

The full name for TCAP.

What is the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program? 

500
Supporting your thesis statement/claim and proving your main idea is true.

What is the reason to include textual evidence in an essay? 

500

True or False: Periods go outside quotation marks.

What is: False?

500

Fix ALL errors:
“their going too the store because they need milk”

What is: They’re going to the store because they need milk?