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Grade 10 ELA MCAS long composition overview quiz quiz

13questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. What is the long composition on the Grade 10 ELA MCAS?

  2. What does it mean that the long composition is 'text-based'?

  3. On the two-trait rubric, what is Idea Development worth, and what is Standard English Conventions worth?

  4. A prompt says 'Explain how the author develops the idea that change is difficult.' What mode is this?

  5. A prompt says 'using evidence from both passages.' What does this require?

  6. Which is the strongest thesis for an argument prompt about later school start times?

  7. Where should the thesis usually go in a long composition?

  8. What is the best way to use evidence in a text-based essay?

  9. Two essays use the same quotation, but one scores higher on Idea Development. What most likely separates them?

  10. What is the point-evidence-explanation (PEE) pattern?

  11. What belongs in the introduction of a long composition?

  12. Why do transitions matter in the long composition?

  13. Which response is unscorable on the long composition?