Lit. terms

The environment or surrounding in which an event or story takes place.

• mood
• external conflict
• setting
• plot

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CCSS.RL.8.2

An educated guess drawn from evidence or reasoning.

• clue
• textual evidence
• motivation
• inference

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a character's personality to the reader.

• Setting

• Characterization

• Personalization

• Flashback

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.3B

_{A universal life lesson about life or human nature. The message of the story.}

• Plot
• Summary
• Central Idea
• Theme

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CCSS.RL.8.2

An atmosphere created by a writer's word choice and the details selected; the emotions of a scene; how it makes the reader feel.

• tone
• monotone
• mood
• foreshadowing

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Where a writer/narrator gives an advance hint of what is going to happen later on in the story. Any event, action, dialogue or thought that gives a clue to what is going to happen.

• irony
• flashback
• foreshadowing
• theme

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The part of the story that is the "turning point" where the problem is about to be solved is called the...

• setting
• conflict
• climax
• rising action

Which point of view uses pronouns like “I”, “we”, “my”?

• First Person
• Third Person Limited
• Third Person Omniscient
• None of the above

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CCSS.L.6.1A

What literary device makes the reader curious about what will happen next?

• Symbolism
• Irony
• Suspense
• Flashback

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CCSS.RL.8.6

A Protagonist is the...

• Good Character
• Bad Character
• Stuck-up Character
• Not in a Story