6th Grade ELA Benchmark Review Unit 1

What is a summary?

• A short description of the most important details

• A retelling of the story

• Your opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the plot of a story?

• The events that happen in a story

• The main idea of a story

• The theme of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What are themes?

• The moral/message of the story

• Main idea

• Point of view

• Author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Narrative writing?

• presents facts.
• short works. 
• story of a person.
• tells the story of real-life experiences.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Resolution

• beginning.
• outcome of the conflict.
• climax.
• middle.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Exposition

• climax.
• end.
• opening situation.
• rising.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Setting

• climax
• time and place
• hero
• villain

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Antagonist

• end
• climax
• main
• minor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Protagonist

• end
• middle
• main
• morral

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The exchange of spoken words between two or more characters

• conflict

• dialogue

• dialect

• monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3