Reading - general questions

Biographies, informational text, and persuasive writing belong in this genre.

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Fables

• Historical Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

When students engage in __________ of text, they focus on who, what, when, where, why, and how to comprehend meaning. They find the answers to these questions directly in the text, graphs, and pictures.

• Inferential interpretations

• Literal interpretations

• Explicit interpretations

• Implicit interpretations

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

This author wrote the novel 1984, which is a dystopian portrayal of a nation under the control of a draconian government.

• John Steinbeck

• George Orwell

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Langston Hughes

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

What is the general idea or premise of a story?

• Setting

• Point of view

• Theme

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

This type of fiction usually focuses on societal issues of oppression and deprivation due to government control.

• Historical

• Realistic

• Dystopian

• Science

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CCSS.RL.8.2

Indirect characterization uses implicit details to describe characters. Which of the following is an indirect characterization?

• Six foot six inches tall

• Silver hair

• Brown eyes

• Towering over people

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

John Steinbeck wrote all of the following except:

• The Pearl

• Of Mice and Men

• The Grapes of Wrath

• Brave New World

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

In a story, what is the backbone of everything happening? It encompasses the overall design of the story through setting, characters, climax, and resolution.

• Plot

• Mood

• Tone

• Conflict

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Structuralism is the methodology that implies elements of human culture must be understood by way of their relationship to a larger, overarching system. Which of the following works fits this category?

• The Great Gatsby

• The Odyssey

• The Illiad

• The Republic

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.8.7

This element of a story moves the plot forward. It is a struggle between opposing forces.

• Point of view

• Conflict

• Mood

• Tone

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5