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Testing language and literary terms/devices to help students practice for MCAS test
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Which genre is "a spoken expression of ideas that is made in front of a group of people"?
folktale
autobiography
drama
speech
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What does it mean to "contrast"?
Find Similarities
Use Evidence
Find Differences
Summarize
3
In this question what is the MOST IMPORTANT word?
which
phrase
opinion
article
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How will you know where "paragraph 10" is?
Use the numbers on the left side of the text
Count sentences.
I don't know.
Paragraphs don't have numbers.
5
Words used to describe in a unique way. Examples: similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia
adjectives
figurative language
descriptions
verb
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What is the definition of an "account"?
a description of an event or situation
a piece of evidence
the theme of the story
a major conflict in a story
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Which words are synonyms of the word "shows" in the phrase: "This example shows..."?
develops
reveals
conveys
demonstrates
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Which genre is writing "in which you write down your personal experiences and thoughts"?
fantasy
legend
journal
poetry
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A section of text from an article, narrative, poem, or story is called...
passage
excerpt
summary
sentence
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What is information from the text called? You use this to support your answers when you write!
summary
conclusion
evidence
paragraphs
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When a story or narrative is told using the words "I/we" from the narrator's perspective, it is
2nd person point of view.
3rd person omniscient point of view.
3rd person limited point of view.
1st person point of view.
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A memoir is
a narrative made up of personal experiences
a symbol
a dramatic play
a biography
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What is the meaning of "genre"?
a category of literature or art
fiction
nonfiction
narrative
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"Further develop" means
to rewrite
to change the point of view
to add more details
to take out details
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The perspective a story is told from is called...
Opinion
Point of View
Contrast
Cause and Effect
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Conversation between characters is called
description
evidence
dialogue
conflict
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Which words describe evidence that is "appropriate, accurate and connected to the answer"?
precise & relevant
thematic & supported
specific & detailed
excerpt & specific
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Exact words from a narrator, character or passage are called...
chapter
quote/quotation
passage
segment
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The theme of a text is...
the specific details of a text.
when the author paraphrases the text.
the author's message in a text.
the summary of a text.
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Which genre is a "story that is told or written?"
horror
biography
poetry
narrative
21
Synonyms are words that have
multiple meanings.
the same meanings
different meanings.
the opposite meaning.
22
To write the most important ideas of a chunk of text is
a passage.
to reflect.
the cause and effect.
to summarize.
23
Which words are synonyms?
speaks and listens
emphasizes & evidence
adds to & contributes
suggests & indicates
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A synonym of "main idea" is
specific detail
central idea
paraphrase
revision
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How can you use the numbers on the left side of the text to help you answer questions?
To count paragraphs
To show where my evidence comes from.
Addition
I shouldn't use them.
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The intended readers, listeners or viewers of a text is the
personification
analysis
character
audience
