Understanding Literary Terms

What does the word "identify" mean?

• To cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate

• Recognize and name

• The person who wrote the text

• Perspective; opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Who is the "narrator"?

• The person talking

• The individual who relates or tells the story/drama or poem

• Perspective; opinion

• With purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What does "point of view" refer to?

• Perspective; opinion

• The person who wrote the text

• With purpose

• Recognize and name

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What does it mean to "explain" something?

• To cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate

• To make something clear by describing it in more detail or by revealing relevant facts or ideas

• The person talking

• Recognize and name

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

Who is the "author"?

• The person who wrote the text

• The individual who relates or tells the story/drama or poem

• Perspective; opinion

• With purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

What does it mean to "develop" something?

• To cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate

• Recognize and name

• The person who wrote the text

• Perspective; opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is a common experience during adolescence according to the text?

• Financial independence

• Peer pressure

• Career planning

• Retirement

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does the author suggest about the part of you that is still ten?

• It disappears

• It stays with you

• It changes quickly

• It is forgotten

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the effect of the similes that the author uses in p14 and p18?

• They compare the sweater to a waterfall and the smell of cottage cheese.

• They cause the reader to hate Mrs. Price.

• They give the reader details that help them understand the narrator’s POV about the sweater.

• They cause the reader to think that Rachel is acting like a baby.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does Rachel wish for on her birthday?

• To be invisible.

• To be one-hundred-and-two.

• To have a big party.

• To get a new sweater.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1