8th Language Arts Unit 2 Recap

When an inanimate object or animal is given human characteristics.

• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A type of literature or writing

• Genre
• Connotation
• Personification
• Generalization

The leading character of a story.

• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Fiction
• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The bad guy in a story:

• Paradox
• Protagonist
• Personification
• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Commas are used to

• separate two independent clauses in a sentence
• separate a list
• separate a dependent clause at the beginning or end of a sentence
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Does this sentence need a comma somewhere?
I went to the store with my friends to buy chips and then I walked with them to school.

• yes
• no

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Does this sentence need a comma?
We walked to school after we bought some chips at the store.

• yes
• no

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

When we analyze a piece of text, either fiction or nonfiction, what's the first thing we need to do?

• Figure out the theme
• Jump to whatever questions or writing we have to do regarding the assignment
• Read and understand all the words in the text
• Look for figurative language in the text and figure out what its meaning

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

If an author is trying to CONVEY a message to the reader, they are trying to 

• show, or hint at an underlying meaning.
• hint at something that hasn't happened yet.
• confuse us.
• use a simile to compare two things.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

A paragraph in a poem is called a ________.

• poemgraph
• poetic divide
• stanza
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4