English Terms & Skills - Beginning of the Year

What is the definition of character?

• When and where the story takes place

• The series of events of a story; what the story is generally about

• People who take part in the action of a story

• A struggle or problem a character must overcome

What is the definition of setting?

• When and where a story takes place

• People who take part in the action of a story

• The author's message; lesson about life the story conveys

• Series of events in a story; what the story is generally about

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of plot?

• A struggle or problem a character must overcome

• Where and when a story takes place

• The series of events in a story; what the story is generally about

• The author's message; the lesson about life the story conveys

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of theme?

• The series of events in a story; what the story is generally about

• Where and when a story takes place

• People who take part in the action of a story

• The author's message; the lesson about life the story conveys

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the definition of characterization?

• People who take part in the action of a story

• A struggle or problem a character must overcome

• How the author develops the characters in a story

• The series of events in a story; what the story is generally about

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is the definition of conflict?

• How the author develops the characters in a story

• A struggle or problem a character must overcome

• People who take part in the action of a story

• The author's message; the lesson about life the story conveys

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of main/central idea?

• hints that help us define challenging vocabulary in a passage

• What a passage is mostly about; the author's point

• an educated guess

• details that back up or prove the author's point

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

What is an inference?

• what a passage is mostly about; the author's point

• hints in a passage that help us define challenging vocabulary terms

• details that back up or prove the author's point

• an educated guess

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

INFERENCE: You see and smell smoke, and you hear sirens. What's happening?

• a bake sale

• a police chase

• a fire

• a bank robbery

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What are context clues?

• hints in a passage that help us define challenging vocabulary terms and make inferences

• The author's point; what the passage is mostly about

• details that back up or prove the author's point

• an educated guess

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.RI.7.4