American Lit GA Milestones Review

specific details from the text that support the author’s tone,

purpose, characterizations, or central theme. (RL1)

• inferences

• fiction

• textual evidence

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, myths, science fiction, realistic fiction,

allegories, parodies, and satires (RL)

• fiction

• nonfiction

• drama

• essays

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

When a person mentions a specific portion of a text in order to support an analysis of the text. A person may choose to do so as a direct quotation (a word-for-word repeat of the text using quotation marks) or a paraphrase (rewriting the detail from the text in his or her own words).

(RL1)

• quote

• infer

• cite

• summarize

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

the deeper message or central idea about life and/or society that can be discerned from the reading of a text; the meaning the reader takes away from it.

• analysis

• characterization

• plot

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The method used by the author to reveal a character to an audience.

• characterization

• mood

• chronological

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

the author's attitude towards the subject they are writing about.

• point of view

• tone

• atmosphere

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which of the following is an example of internal conflict?

• person vs. person

• person vs. society

• person vs. self

• person vs. nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

The first part of plot where the basic situation, setting, and characters are introduced.

• exposition

• climax

• resolution

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the use of hints and clues in the narrative that tease the reader about what is to come in future.

• flashback

• irony

• foreshadowing

• satire

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

a form of writing that ridicules or scorns people, practices, or institutions in order to

expose their failings.

• drama

• satire

• science fiction

• fantasy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.6