Unit 1 Review

What is important when giving a presentation?

• Speaking quickly so your audience doesn't get bored

• Never making eye contact with your audience

• Being aware of your audience and using language to meet their needs

• Speaking softly so no one thinks you are angry

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is a glossary?

• Used to determine the meaning of technical, discipline-based, or unfamiliar vocabulary

• A list of antonyms in groups

• A book about different types of maps

• a book that lists words in groups of synonyms

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

How does setting impact a story? (2 answers)

• It does not impact the story at all.

• It provides the reader with context on the time, place, and environment that the story takes place in.

• It gives human characteristics to inanimate objects.

• It helps establish the mood, reveals characters and conflicts, and gives clues to the theme. It is also important because it improves the reader's experience and adds to the story's development.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What are context clues?

• words that sound the same but have different meanings

• hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words

• words that describe nouns

• clues that show the author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

What is an example of professional correspondence?

• An essay for the newspaper

• A letter to your best friend

• A status on social media

• An email to your teacher about an assignment or grade

What is annotating and why is it important?

• Making notes about a text, but it is not important

• Interacting with a text in a meaningful way by making notes to help you understand what is happening

• Making a dictionary of unfamiliar terms to ensure the meaning of new words

• Color coding a text for grammar (nouns, adjectives, adverbs)

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is a synonym?

• a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase

• a word or phrase that means the opposite as another word or phrase

• a word that describes a noun

• a word that gives action

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What is contemporary literature and some of its themes? (2 answers)

• Reality-based stories with strong characters and a believable story. Settings usually keep to the current or modern era, so futuristic and science fiction novels are rarely included in this category

• coming of age, redemption, good versus evil, courage, feminism, oppression

• Science fiction based stories that are unbelievable, usually set in the future

• alternate realities, possible future worlds, and of characters that have abilities beyond those of ordinary humans

What does infer mean?

• to hint at something

• using observation and background to reach a logical conclusion

• guess without thinking

• analyze the structure of the text

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is conflict?

• the solution to the problem

• how the characters are introduced

• a struggle between two opposing forces

• a pleasant exchange between two characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8