final exam vocab review

What does the word "narrator" mean?

• The person who wrote the story

• The main character

• The voice telling the events

• The person reading the story

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the word "symbolize" mean?

• The idea of being a symbol of something

• To compare two things to each other

• A person, event or physical object that represents or stands in for other ideas

• To have a problem that needs to be overcome

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What does the phrase "author's (or poet's) purpose" mean?

• What the author meant the audience to get from the text

• The voice reading the events of the poem

• The main idea of a text

• A disagreement between two characters

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What does the phrase, "convey a sense of" mean?

• To feel rough, smooth or slick

• To make their feelings known

• To transport the reader to somewhere

• To give the reader the feeling of...

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does the phrase "most likely means" ask a reader to do?

• guess at an answer

• use annotations

• look for a line in a text

• choose the word that means the same thing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the word references mean in the following sentence?

"The references to the sun and moon in Romeo and Juliet serve to..."

• mentions of

• citations to a text

• identifications

• allusions to

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the "author's tone" mean?

• The words an author uses

• the attitude an author has towards a subject

• The feeling a reader gets during reading

• When an author sounds angry

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is a central idea?

• A single word that the author uses repeatedly

• The reasons the author is writing

• An idea the author finds important

• An idea that drives the plot, characters or conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a claim (in arguments)?

• Something the writer says is true based on evidence

• Something the writer believes

• An effect thanks to something else that has happened

• Something that is right

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a counterclaim?

• The number of claims you make

• The reasons you give for your claim

• A claim you make against someone else

• A claim that is typically on another side from yours

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D