MCAS Jeopardy

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MCAS Jeopardy
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• (C1 Grammar, 10)
• Read the sentence in the box below.
• Her teeth flash in one humongous grin.
• Which word in the sentence is an adjective as it
  is used in the sentence.
• teeth
• flash
• humongous
• grin

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• (C1 Grammar -20)
• Read the sentence below.
• When his dear friend Jane dived out of the air
  and squashed him, he just sighed and said, Oh
  ,Jane, dont!
• Which of the following words is a verb?
• dear
• friend
• sit
• squashed

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• (C1 Grammar -30)
• Read the sentence below.
• My farm chores are feeding the pigs, deeding the
  chickens, weeding the flowers, getting the mail,
• things like that.
• The commas in the sentence are used to show that
  each job is
• part of a list
• part of a questions
• in alphabetical order
• in order of importance

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• (C1 Grammar - 40)
• Read the sentence from the article in the box
  below.
• They eagerly raised and released the baby fish
• just as they did the first time.
• What part of speech is the word eagerly as it is
  used in the sentence?
• noun
• verb
• adjective
• adverb

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(C1 Grammar -50) Read the paragraph below. Coach
Burgess leaned over the side of the Alsace and
begged Trudy to get out of the water. But Trudy
was only six miles from the English shore. No!
No! she shouted. She fought in the storm for
three more hours.
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• What do the exclamation points in the quotation
  tell about Trudy?
• She is tired.
• She is determined.
• She is a long way from the boat.
• She is thinking about quitting the swim.

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• (C2 Genre-10)
• Read the lines from the play below.
• DMITRI Good? (Reaches for spoon)
• SASHA (Keeping spoon away from him) Oh, so
  good!
• What is the purpose of the phrases in
  parentheses?
• to describe the setting of the play
• to show the lines a narrator speaks
• to tell how the characters should act
• to give new information to the audience

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• (C2 Genre-20)
• Read the paragraph below.
• Blue whales have long been a source of
  fascination for scientists. They are the largest
  group of animals to ever live on the earth. Blue
  whales grow to be about 80 feet long.
• How does the reader know this article is
  nonfiction?
• The article has factual information.
• The article uses real animals to tell a story.
• The article is a story about nature.
• The article is about scientists

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(C2 Genre-30) Read the paragraph below. In
1896, a young man from Greece named Spiridon
Louis ran one of the most exciting footraces
ever. Not much is known about Spiridons early
life. He was born in 1873 in a small house in
the rocky hills above Athens. Why is the passage
an example of biography? (a) It describes the
character. (b) It is about the life of another
person. ( c) It is about the authors life. (d)
It is about a man who lived in a land faraway.
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(C2 Genre-40) Poem by William Carlos
Williams As the cat climbed over the
jamcloset first the right forefoot carefully then
the hind stepped down into the pit of the empty
flowerpot
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• Which of the following makes The Poem a poem?
• rhyming words
• paragraphs
• stanzas
• it has beautiful language

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What is a family? Who is in your family? Does
everyone in your family look the same? Musical
instruments have families, too. And, just as in
your family, some instruments in the same family
look alike but are not exactly the same.
(C2 Genre-50) Read the first paragraph of the
article in the box. What is a family? Who is in
your family? Does everyone in your family look
the same? Musical instruments have families,
too. And, just as in your family, some
instruments in the same family look alike but are
not exactly the same. There are different
families of instruments. Lets meet the
percussion family, the string family, the wind
family, and the brass family.
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• What is the main purpose of this article?
• to explain about why families look alike
• to describe the different families of musical
  instruments
• to explain why instruments are alike
• to compare your family to musical instruments

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• (C3 Vocab-10)
• Read the sentence below.
• At 37 feet high, the wall can either be a
  hitters best friend (by turning a routine fly
  ball out into a hit) or his nemesis (turning a
  sure home run into a long single).
• Which of the following words means the same as
  nemesis?
• team
• enemy
• ballpark
• scoreboard

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• (C3 Vocab-20)
• Read the sentence from paragraph 6 below.
• It took over 3 days, in extreme conditions but
  she
• made it to the top of the mountain. Only two
• women had ever reached the summit before her.
• What does the word summit mean as it is used in
  the sentence?
• meeting spot
• highest point
• level of difficulty
• time of completion

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• (C3Vocab-30)
• Read the words from the article in the box below.
• runaway
• headphones
• honeycomb
• takeoff
• Which of the following statements is true about
  the words?
• They are adjectives.
• They are contractions.
• They are proper nouns.
• They are compound verbs.

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• (C3Vocab-40)
• Read the sentence in the box below.
• But I cannot go home, the younger wailed, for
  I cannot carry wind wrapped in paper.
• What does the use of the word wailed tell readers
  about the younger wife?
• She is hurt.
• She is upset.
• She is angry.
• She is confused.

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• (C3Vocab, 50)
• Read the sentence from the article in the box
  below.
• Teeth enable us to break up food properly so that
  our bodies can digest it and turn it into energy.
• What is the meaning of enable as it is used in
  the sentence?
• help
• teach
• persuade
• encourage

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• (C4 Fig. Lang, 10)
• Read the sentence from paragraph 8 in the box
  below.
• Tio Juan didnt even notice people- he was
  totally wrapped up in the work.
• What does totally wrapped up in mean in this
  sentence?
• paying attention to
• listening carefully to
• ignoring comments about
• behaving thoughtlessly towards

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• (C4 Fig. Lang, ,20)
• Read the sentence below from the article.
• A skateboarder must always stay on his toes to
• avoid an accident.
• What does the author mean by stay on his toes?
• must be able to see
• must walk on tip toes
• must always pay attention
• must always be quick

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• (C4 Fig. Lang,, 30)
• Read the sentence from lines 23 and 24 of the
  play in the box below.
• VERA I am sorry to see you so hungry, but you
  have come to the wrong shop. It is everyone for
  himself at these times!
• What does Vera mean when she says that it is
  everyone for himself?
• People do not like each other.
• People do not help each other.
• People do not know each other.
• People do not talk to each other.

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• (C 4 Fig. Lang,, 40)
• Read the sentence from the passage below.
• The painting is valuable. It will fetch a
  handsome price.
• What does the author mean by fetch a handsome
  price?
• receive a large payment
• be very popular
• pay a high fee
• display a beautiful item

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• (C4 Fig. Lang, 50)
• Read line 10 from the play in the box below.
• Araminta (Guardedly) Whos there?
• Based on the meaning of the word guard, what does
  the word guardedly most likely mean?
• crossly
• happily
• excitedly
• suspiciously

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• (C5 Strategy, 10)
• Why is it important to read the italics before
  the passage?
• It often gives directions.
• It often frames the open response question.
• It often states the main idea.
• all of the above

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• (C5 Strategy, 20)
• Name a strategy to help you think about and
  remember what you read.
• chunk
• summarize
• chunk and summarize
• highlight

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• (C5 Strategy, 30)
• If you are not sure which answer is correct,
  which strategy should you use?
• look back
• process of elimination
• reread
• all of the above

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• (C5 Strategy, 40)
• Which strategy can help you locate information
  easily for the open response question.
• use the bold print
• use your summary notes
• highlight
• visualize

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• (C5 Strategy, 50)
• Which strategy helps you prepare to read
  understand the passage.
• skimming
• use text features
• read bold print
• all of the above