W18 Language arts review

What's the meaning of article?

• writing about subjects or individuals that often appear in newspapers and magazines
• a text written about a person by someone else
• writing that presents information or ideas about real people, places, things, or events
• expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

What's the meaning of biography?

• a text written about a person by someone else
• writing about subjects or individuals that often appear in newspapers and magazines
• writing that presents information or ideas about real people, places, things, or events
• expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

What's the meaning of informational text?

• writing about subjects or individuals that often appear in newspapers and magazines
• a text written about a person by someone else
• expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level
• writing that presents information or ideas about real people, places, things, or events

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What's the meaning of figurative language?

• expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level
• writing that presents information or ideas about real people, places, things, or events
• writing about subjects or individuals that often appear in newspapers and magazines
• a text written about a person by someone else

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The following passage from “A Voice” is written in the _____________ tense, from a ____________ point of view. You told me only once about the time you went to the state capitol, your family proud as if you’d been named governor. But when you looked around, the only Mexican in the auditorium,

• present; first-person
• present; third-person
• past; second-person
• past; third-person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of these sentences best summarizes the lines below (stanzas 9-10)? “I can’t,” you whispered. “I can’t.” Yet you did. Not that day but years later. You taught the four of us to speak up. This is America, Mom. The undo-able is done in the next generation. Your breath moves through the family like the wind moves through the trees.

• The children and their offspring will continue to tell their mother’s story long after she is gone.
• The mother did for her children what she was not able to do for herself.
• The family members finally accepted their identities as dual citizens.
• The mother married and gave birth to four children in America.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What topics did the mom used to write about in her speeches?

• Patriotism and democracy
• Languages
• Courtrooms
• Neither of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Within the house, what language does the mom use to communicate with her father?

• Spanish
• English
• She communicated in both English and Spanish

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"Homophones" is the name given to the words that have the same pronunciation, such as knight and night

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

Choose the homophone that correctly completes each sentence. Let’s __________ on the corner.

• meet
• mete
• meat

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A