8th Grade Benchmark Review Q2

What is the plot of a story?

• The events that happen in a story

• The main purpose of the story

• The turning point in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a flashback?

• When a character experiences sadness from past events

• When the audience is shown an event from before the story began

• A moment that happens after the climax in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a comparison of two or more things that usually uses is or was?

• simile

• metaphor

• motif

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a comparison between two or more things using like or as?

• simile

• metaphor

• motif

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 the setting of a story?

• Where and when a story takes place

• How and why a story happens

• The beginning events of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What's a protagonist?

• The main character in a story

• The character that is against the main character

• The funny best friend in a character

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Choose the best example of imagery

• I reached my arm into my grandma's purse, unaware of the lipstick-covered gum packets.

• The next thing I knew, the man next door was being arrested.

• The light blue, ice cold water made my toes go numb and goosebumps appear on my arms.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the onomatopoeia:

• Wa-bam!

• Personify

• Imitation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Who is the antagonist in a story?

• The main character in a story

• A character that disrupts the main character's purpose

• The main event within a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a motif in a story?

• Reoccurring themes in literature from various cultures and time periods

• Where and when a story takes place

• A comparison between two things using is or was

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2