Intro Semester 2 Review - 2022

What is the "central idea" of a passage?

• it is the lesson that the author wants you to learn

• it is the main idea, or the most important idea in a passage

• it is the idea that a writer focuses ALL of his or her novels and plays around

• it is the way a story makes you feel

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

What does tone mean?

• it is the author's attitude towards the topic of a piece of writing

• it is the way an author makes the reader feel

• it is the emotions of the characters

• it is the way you write a persuasive essay

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does ironic mean?

• A material made from iron

• An extreme exaggeration

• A situation where there is contrast between what is expected and what really happens

• when an item that is not living is given human like characteristics.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What are context clues?

• A way of structuring a story that will allow the reader to figure out the ending on their own

• A clue that leads readers in the wrong direction

• hints found at the end of paragraphs telling readers what the moral of the story is

• hints found within a sentence, paragraph or passage that readers can use to understand a new or unfamiliar words

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word agile in the following passage.

Enter a couple of curious keas. Searching for food at your campsite, they tear your tent to shreds. Then, they use their agile feet and strong beaks to pick up stones to throw at the windows of your car. A window cracks, and the keas peck at it until it breaks.

• elegant

• wrinkled

• ugly

• nimble

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word report in the following passage.

Then, almost at the edge of town, on our way to the Trade Mart for the Presidential luncheon, we were rounding a curve, going down a hill, and suddenly there was a sharp, loud report. It sounded like a shot. The sound seemed to me to come from a building on the right above my shoulder. A moment passed, and then two more shots rang out in rapid succession.

• a statement or account of events

• a formal written account

• a loud, echoing noise

• to give an account of

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

What is dialogue?

• when characters speak to each other in a story

• when an author describes characters in great detail

• the time and place a story is set

• when an author creates tension between two characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is an inference / what does it mean to infer?

• a firm fact that can be proven

• a position that someone takes after reading a story or a novel; it functions as a review of the story

• an opportunity to learn more by researching a topic

• a conclusion a reader can make based upon evidence in the text and their own reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is an idiom?

• a figurative expression that does not match its literal meaning.

• An extreme exaggeration

• A situation where there is contrast between what is expected and what really happens

• when an item that is not living is given human-like characteristics.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What best describes the Greeks attitude towards the gods?

• They regarded some gods as helpful to humans and others as indifferent.

• They saw the gods as selfish beings who cared little about humans.

• They saw the gods as cruel overlords who tried to make humans miserable.

• They thought the gods controlled every aspect of humans’ lives.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9