Collection Test 2 - Review

What is foreshadowing?

• the stage of the plot in which the story begins to draw to a close

• is an interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time

• when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story the stage of the plot in which the story begins to draw to a close

• descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which example shows first person point of view?

• "Today I'm five. I was four last night going to sleep in Wardrobe, but when I wake up in Bed in the dark I'm changed to five, abracadabra. Before that I was three, then two, then one, then zero. "Was I minus numbers?"

• "It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. No. Wrong word, Jonas thought. Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen."

• "Something very painful was going on in Harry's mind. As Hagrid's story came to a close, he saw again the blinding flash of green light, more clearly than he had ever remembered it before -- and he remembered something else, for the first time in his life: a high, cold, cruel laugh."

• "Elizabeth, having rather expected to affront him, was amazed at his gallantry; but there was a mixture of sweetness and archness in her manner which made it difficult for her to affront anybody; and Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her."

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CCSS.RL.8.6

"When Ruth Jones’s alarm clock woke her at seven o’clock that morning, she had no idea that today would be the longest day of her life."

How does the word choice in this sentence create foreshadowing?

• Details like "no idea" create a clear image that Ruth is insane and unrealiable

• Details like "alarm clock woke her" set the scene that a horrific event is about to happen to Ruth

• Details like "seven o'clock that morning" portray Ruth as a hard worker and implies that she is a teacher

• Details like "longest day of her life" build on the suspense and suggests that Ruth will have an unexpected day

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

"In movies, the characteristics of a monster, and the role the monster plays in developing the plot, theme, characters, and mood of the movie are largely dependent on the definition we use for the word monster and the types of the monsters that we recognize."

The author's style in this excerpt can be best described as using...

• precise language to explain complex ideas.

• informal word choice to simplify explanations.

• simple, conversational language to capture the readers' interest.

• figurative language to provide colorful descriptions.

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is word choice?

• Specific words that not only communicate ideas but also help describe events, characters, settings, and so on

• a writer’s unique use of language that allows a reader to “hear” a human personality in the writer’s work.

• a person, a place, an object, an animal, or an activity that stands for something beyond itself.

• method of narration used in a short story, novel, narrative poem, or work of nonfiction

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the word “supernatural” mean?

• very good or pleasant; excellent.

• a benevolent fictional character with superhuman powers, such as Superman

• (of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.

• existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is a media analysis?

• The examination, interpretation and critique of both the material content of the channels of media

• examination a text, or one element of a text, such as character, setting, plot or theme of a story.

• written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit

• the literary genre represented or exemplified by novels

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CCSS.SL.8.2

What is a rhetorical question?

• a short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay

• a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer

• the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques

• a question that must be answered in order to continue the story

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.SL.8.3

What is a counterargument?

• an argument made to oppose another argument

• the believability or trustworthiness of a source and the information it provides.

• an organized exchange of opinions on an issue

• writing that helps a reader to picture events, objects, and characters

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.1C

What is a suffix?

• a word part that contains the core meaning of the word

• a word part that by itself is also a word

• a word part that appears at the end of a root or base word to form a new word.