ELA Terms to Know

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English
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6th - 8th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Margaret Anderson
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55 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is an Idiom
Figurative language that means something different than its individual words
Part of the climax but before the end.
The Challenges a character needs to achieve their goal.
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is Falling Action?
The challenges a character needs to overcome and acheive their goal.
Part of the Narrative after the climax but before the end.
Time period, place and circumstance
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What are 4 main conflicts?
man vs man, man vs machine, man vs nothing, man vs science
man vs man, man vs self, man vs nature, man vs school
man vs man, man vs self, man vs nature, man vs society
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is rising action?
Time and Space.
Decisions/conflicts that lead to the climax
an idea or event used in an introduction to grab attenition.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the setting?
Time and place
Words that say exactly what they mean.
Comparison that does not use like or as.
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a metaphor?
Comparison using like or as.
Comparision NOT using like or as.
Comparing a thing to a person.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is an Onomatopoeia?
A word that sounds like the sound it describes.
Words that don't make a sound.
Two or more words beginning with the same consonant sound.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
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