Language Arts Final Exam

The theme of a story is...

• the central idea

• the moral of the story or the life lesson the author wants to teach the reader

• the reason the author writes a story

• only one word

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The central idea is...

• the theme

• the life lesson of the story

• the message

• the main idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

How do I find the central idea?

• annotate for the 5W's and 1H

• annotate for the 5W's and 1H and identify the three most important points

• follow the plot of the story

• read carefully

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

The tone of a poem or a passage is...

• the author's feelings/attitude

• the reader's feelings/attitude

• the main character's feelings/attitude

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Mood is...

• The author's feelings/attitude

• The reader's feelings/attitude

• The main character's reader/attitude

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An explicit detail is...

• Something you can point to in the text

• An educated guess

• A prediction

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

To make an inference, you must...

• Use the book + your brain to make an educated guess

• Just make a guess

• Cite correctly

• Point at something in the book

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Author's Purpose

• the main idea of a text

• pictures, headings, bold words

• authors normally write to entertain

• the reason an author writes-- to persuade, inform, or entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Audience

• The group of people the author intends to read his writing

• The person writing the story

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Choose the clue words that indicate chronological order.

• first, next, finally, 8:30, after

• cause, effect, as a result of, because

• problem, solution, promise, struggle

• compare, contrast, similar, different

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5