8th Grade ELA Review

What is the conflict of a story?

• The time and place
• The main problem the character encounters
• The most exciting part of the story
• The beginning of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is setting?

• The time and place where a story occurs
• A character's personality traits.
• The most exciting part of a story.
• The ending of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the theme of a story?

• The series of events in a story.
• The author's point of view.
• The major life lesson or message.
• The character's personality traits.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the plot of a story?

• The series of events in a story.
• The main message or life lesson of a story.
• The most exciting part of a story; the turning point.
• The time and place that a story takes place.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

An example of setting is 

• A big castle with magical house objects 
•  the central idea or belief in a short story.
• Persuade 
• Third person 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Trace

• List in steps

• Break apart

• Read between the lines

• Judge

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Trace

• List in steps

• Break apart

• Read between the lines

• Judge

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Predict

• List in steps

• Tell how

• What will happen next

• Read between the lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Analyze

• List in steps

• Break apart

• Read between the lines

• Tell how

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Contrast

• What will happen next

• Back up with details

• All the ways they are alike

• All the ways they are different

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D