English Language study guides

A complete overview of exam strategy for the Grade 10 ELA MCAS: the two-session computer-based format, the technology-enhanced item types, pacing the test, reading the prompt and rubric, and the achievement levels plus the November 2024 change to graduation. How the five skills connect to help you navigate the test.

A complete overview of language and vocabulary on the Grade 10 ELA MCAS: vocabulary in context, word parts and word relationships, figurative and connotative meaning, grammar and usage conventions, and punctuation and sentence structure. How the five skills connect and how they feed the essay's conventions trait.

A complete overview of reading informational texts on the Grade 10 ELA MCAS: central ideas, analyzing arguments and claims, author's purpose and rhetoric, text structure and features, and text evidence and inference. How the five skills connect and how to study them for unseen passages.

A complete overview of reading literary texts on the Grade 10 ELA MCAS: theme and central idea, character and point of view, plot and structure and setting, figurative language and devices, tone and author's craft, and reading poetry. How the six skills connect and how to study them for unseen passages.

A complete overview of revising and editing on the Grade 10 ELA MCAS: revising for clarity and development, editing for grammar and usage, sentence boundaries and combining, word choice and precision, and the item types. How the five skills connect and how they feed the long composition's conventions and clarity.

A complete overview of the long composition on the Grade 10 ELA MCAS: understanding the essay task, analyzing the prompt and mode, developing a thesis or controlling idea, using text evidence, organizing the composition, and the two-trait rubric. How the six skills connect to earn Idea Development and Standard English Conventions.