ELA and Reading Unit 1 Test

The series of events consisting of characters, actions and conflict in a story.

• setting

• theme

• plot

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

• mood
• external conflict
• setting
• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Where a character says the opposite of what they mean.

• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony
• Flat iron

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Where the audience knows more than the characters. We know more than the characters do with creates humor or suspense.

• verbal irony
• situational irony
• dramatic irony
• "Iron't" I funny?

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Descriptive language that paints a picture in the reader's by appealing to the five senses

• flashback
• foreshadowing
• plot
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This is the literary technique used by writers to create a discrepancy between what is expected, or appears to be, and what actually is.

• irony

• suspense

• symbol

• climax

A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work.

• DRAMA
• ASIDE
• THEME
• PUN

Which of these sentences includes the best example of foreshadowing?

• When Penny left the house, she didn't know that was the last time she would ever see her family.

• It was cold outside, so Harriet put on a hat and scarf on her way out the door.

• After years of hard word, Trevon was proud to say he'd been accepted to Harvard.

• Greg's favorite food was lasagna; he would eat it every day if he could!

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5