Fiction unit test 8th grade

The sequence of events in a story

• Theme
•  Main Character
• Exposition
• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A problem or struggle involving two or more opposing forces

• Setting 
• Climax
• Conflict
• Minor Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Provides background for the story. Characters are introduced, and the setting is described.

• Climax
• Character Traits
• Theme
• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

This is the point of greatest interest or suspense in the story. It is a turning point, when the action reaches a peak and the outcome of the conflict is decided.

• Climax
• Theme
• Falling Action
• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The time and place in which the action of the story happens to include customs and culture of the place and time.

• Theme
• Climax
• Fiction
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The meaning, moral or message about life the writer conveys to the reader.  It can be revealed by the title; important phrases and statements about ideas like courage and freedom; and the ways the characters change and the lessons they learn about life.

• Fiction
• Exposition
• Theme
• Character Motives

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The feeling a reader gets from reading a selection is the __.

• theme

• complication

• suspense

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When something represents something else, it is called __.

• theme

• symbolism

• climax

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A feeling of anxiety or uncertainty, or wanting to know what will happen in a selection, is ___.

• suspense

• conflict

• inference

• prediction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When a character faces a problem that they must solve themselves; this usually involves making a decision of some kind

• rising action

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• motivation

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3