8th Grade- Unit 1 Vocabulary- Springboard

What is a conflict?

• A conversation between two or more characters.

• A struggle between characters or opposing forces

• When and where the story takes place

• The act of creating characters

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is point of view?

• A struggle between characters or opposing forces

• The narrator's position in relation to the story being told.

• The conflict in the story

• When and where a story takes place

What is connotation?

• The time and place of a story.

• The literal meaning of a word.

• All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests.

• A conversation between two or more characters.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is denotation?

• The dictionary definition of a word.

• How someone feels about someone else.

• A conversation between two or more characters.

• The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associates with a word.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Imagery refers to words that appeal to which 5 senses?

• sight, sound, smell, taste, emotions

• sight, sound, smell, taste, touch

• voice, sound, smell, taste, touch

• voice, sound, smell, taste, emotions

Tags

CCSS.W.8.3D

Which of these is an example of setting?

• Do you ever wish you had superpowers?

• The garage was worn out by the years. It had no windows. The walls, eaten by termites, strained to support the roof full of holes.

• My mom came out of the house and immediately got the world's sappiest look on her face. "Well, hello," she says to Juli.

• The next day when I got home from school, I discovered draped on my bedpost a jacket the color of day-old guacamole.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is an archetype?

• The plot of a story.

• A type of hero.

• A character, symbol, story pattern, or other element that is common to human experience across cultures.

• The moment when the hero accepts the call and goes through trials and tribulations.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.9

Select two sentences where the mood of a story is revealed.

• The sun was bright and blinding as the travelers walked down the road.

• They walked side by side trying to forget that they were lost.

• She was overcome with the feeling of worry as the dark storm clouds billowed over head.

• The boy was distraught with grief as he tried to figure out how to continue this life without his beloved grandfather.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the definition of plot?

• The lesson in the story
• The sequence of events in the story
• The turning point of the story
• The conflict in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The literary definition of pacing is....

• walking back and forth across the floor.

• the rising action, falling action and resolution of a story.

• the hero's journey archetype.

• the movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another.

Tags

CCSS.W.8.3B