Unit 2: Breaking Through Barriers Test Prep

What does rehabilitation mean?

• to take for granted as being true; to assume something is true, verb

• to decide or become determined, verb

• people or things that have the same characteristics and function, noun

• the act of being restored to good health or condition, noun

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

What does counterparts mean?

• people or things that have the same characteristics and function, noun

• a brother or a sister; a person with one or both parents in common with another person, noun

• a thing that exists as a unit, noun

• to take for granted as being true; to assume something is true, verb

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does stereotype mean?

• unusual or uncommon; out of the ordinary, adjective

• one that is thought of as conforming to a set type or image, noun

• having a jagged, saw-toothed edge, adjective

• purpose or plan, noun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does naïve mean?

• unusual or uncommon; out of the ordinary, adjective

• complicated or elaborate, adjective

• lacking worldly experience or understanding, adjective

• to bulge or expand, verb

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What is a personal narrative?

• writing that has a rhythm or rhymes

• a suspenseful fiction story about a puzzle/problem/crime with clues/hints

• real, factual, deals with actual people, places, and events

• • similar to a memoir but shorter and more focused

  • explores the writer’s experiences

  • includes the author’s feelings and reactions at the time

  • written after the events described

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What is author's purpose?

• a unique use of language

• it is the reason the author has for writing the text.

• the choice of words or details

• the central idea of the work

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is voice in literature?

• The people for whom the author is writing

• The choice of words and details

• the writer's attitude toward his or her subject

• a writer's unique use of language

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is the central idea of a story?

• the main point, the message the author is trying to convey to the audience.

• the writer's attitude toward his or her subject

• expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence

• similar to a memoir but shorter and more focused

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

What is a theme?

• what your essay will be about

• the writer's attitude toward a subject of a poem

• a message about life or human nature that an author wants to convey

• expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is a prepositional phrase?

• expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence

• does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone

• is a word part used at the end of a root or base word to create a new word

• a group of words without a subject and verb, used as a part of speech, begins with a preposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B