Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)MCQ Flashcards

Make a decision

Answer: draw

When you have given something careful thought and taken into account all of the pertinent information, you determine that it is true.

To explain why and how

Answer: Explain

Make clear by providing additional details or highlighting important information or concepts to the other person.

The choice to be made

Answer: Decide

To reach a decision or judgment regarding. Choose a course of action.

To use an illustration

Answer: Cite

To use a statement as evidence for a claim or as justification for an event, or to use words that have been taken directly from writing.

Tell everything you know

Answer: Describe and discuss

Describe Give a thorough explanation of what happened and why. Discuss, present a case for or against, and draw a decision. Draw attention to the benefits and drawbacks.

To determine the differences and similarities

Answer: Compare and Contrast

Comparing entails finding parallels and/or differences, whereas contrasting requires contrasting two or more things or occurrences in order to illustrate their contrasts.

To alphabetize or numeral a list in a straight line

Answer: List

A group or sequence of names or other elements that together make up a record and are written or printed.