State Test Vocab - Question Translation!

What is a theme?

• The topic of an article

• The overall message communicated in a story

• The author's point of view

• The way the author explains their idea

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the mood of a text?

• How a text makes you feel

• How I speak to a certain person

• How a text creates certain feelings or vibes through words or descriptions

• How the author expresses their feelings about the subject

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Read the following sentence: "There was barely any light in the graveyard. Shadows lurked behind gravestones, and it was so quiet she could hear the grass crunch under her feet."

What kind of mood does this text create?

• sad

• suprising

• creepy

• welcoming

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is the tone of a text?

• How a text makes you feel

• How I speak to a certain person

• How a text creates certain feelings or vibes through words or descriptions

• How the author expresses their feelings about the subject

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Read the following text: "You never know what could happen, right? Things aren't great right now, but they could always turn up. I need to believe that."

What tone does the author create?

• friendly

• optimistic

• humorous

• joyous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

point of view in a text (ex: 1st person point of view) is...

• The vantage point, or perspective, from which a story is told

• The author's opinion

• Who the narrator is

• The reader's opinion or perspective

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which is an example of first person point of view?

• I went to the store.

• You went to the store

• Steve went to the store.

• there is no such thing

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

"Christina questions what her father really means" is an example of which point of view?

• first person point of view

• third person point of view

• second person point of view

• fourth person point of view

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Characterization is...

• A description about the author

• The sequence of events in a story

• Detailed descriptions of the setting

• The ways in which an author provides information about their characters

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

'The room was as cold as a freezer' is an example of

• metaphor

• similie

• hyperbole

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5