R8 English review game

What do you call “the central point that the author is trying to make about a topic”?

• Mood

• 2. Inference

• 2. Main idea

• 1. Figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Additional information used to clarify and support the main idea is known as _______

• 2. Plot

• Imagery

• 2. Subtext

• 2. Supporting details

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

1. Using CONTEXT CLUES, what does the word “infinitesimally” mean in the following sentence from our story “A Sound of Thunder”? “Crushing certain plants could add up infinitesimally. A little error here would multiply in sixty million years, all out of proportion.”

• 1. Not at all

• 2. Really large amounts

• 2. Really small amounts

• 2. Slightly

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Using CONTEXT CLUES, what does the word “poised” mean in the following sentence from our story “A Sound of Thunder”? “It ran with a gliding ballet step, far too poised and balanced for its ten tons”.

• Graceful

• 2. Clumsy

• 2. Fast

• 2. Slow

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

1. What is the PRIMARY form of figurative language displayed in the following sentence?: “The fire crackled up the stairs. It fed upon Picassos and Matisses in the upper halls, like delicacies, baking off the oily flesh, tenderly crisping the canvases into black shavings”.

• 1. Personification

• 1. Simile

• 1. Metaphor

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

1. The atmosphere, feeling, or emotion of a story is known as _____

• mood
• plot
• subtext

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

1. The background information provided at the beginning of a story is known as _______.

• Exposition
• Introduction
• Climax
• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

1. The moments in your story that lead up to the climax are known as ______

• climax
• falling action
• exposition
• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The primary turning point and what your story has been building towards (the most exciting part) is known as _____.

• cliffhanger
• climax
• prologue
• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

1. Hints in the text that are used to help a reader understand an unknown word are known as ______.

• Context clues
• Definitions
• Thesaurus
• Synonyms

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4