8th grade star review

the main subject that is being discussed, the message, moral, or lesson of the story

• theme
• setting
• main idea
• detail

to form an opinion from evidence, to reach a conclusion based on facts

• infer/inference
• analyze/analysis
• synthesize
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity

• idiom
• allusion
• simile
• analogies

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

an exaggerated statement

• hyperbole
• allusion
• symbol
• evaluate

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted

• setting
• theme
• fact
• opinion

the author of a play

• playwright
• monologue
• comedy
• scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

acts are divided into parts called

• acts
• sets
• screenplays
• scenes

words charcaters say

• dialogue
• teleplay
• antagonists
• tragedy

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.5

to tell information again using fewer words

• summarize
• main idea
• details
• formulate

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

a comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as.

• simile
• metaphor
• extended metaphor
• hyberbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D