8th grade reading review

drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity

• idiom
• allusion
• simile
• analogies

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

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.9A

an exaggerated statement

• hyperbole
• allusion
• symbol
• evaluate

to give special importance or prominence to something in speaking or writing

• formulate
• convey
• summarize
• emphasize

the author of a play

• playwright
• monologue
• comedy
• scene

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• personification
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom

Which genre has stanzas and lines?

• Realistic fiction

• Informational non-fiction

• Poetry

• Biography

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.5

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the "author's message"?

• The story the author tells.

• The lesson the author wants the reader to learn.

• The general feeling of the passage.

• The style or type of passage the author writes.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

Pictures, diagrams, and graphs:

• help the reader understand the problem in a story.

• Help the reader understand more about non-fiction text.

• Distract the reader from reading.

• Entertain readers.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.SL.6.2

CCSS.W.6.2A

The tone of a passage is:

• the general feeling created by the writer.

• the length of the selection.

• the type of selection.

• the lesson given in the selection.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RI.7.4