Academic vocabulary

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6th - 8th Grade
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Nancy Yung
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12 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the PLOT of a story?
A diagram
The sequence of events
The message of the story
The person who wrote the story
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.L.6.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the THEME of a story?
An essay
A long written response to a question
The sequence of events
The message the author wants you to get
Tags
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the SETTING?
The time and place; the when and where
The ending of the story
a play or drama
a person in the story
Tags
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
CCSS.L.3.4D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Character
Something funny
The sequence of events in a story
A person, animal, or figure in a work
A movie
Tags
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Characterization
A litererary device that tells what happens in a story
A literary device that displays charaters' physical traits, thoughts, actions, and motivations
The message the author wants you to get from the story
Huh?
Tags
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.6.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a literary DRAMA?
To have an effect on the behavior of someone
Uhhh, it happens in the cafeteria at school every day
An actor
A play; a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on stage
Tags
CCSS.L.5.5C
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does it mean to INFLUENCE someone or something?
It means to have an effect on the behavior of someone;
ex. a TikTok influencer
A long, written, constructed response
The author's message
A literary work written as dialogue
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
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