Which questions about the story will the setting answer?

Where and when does the story take place?

What is the author's attitude toward the characters?

Who are the people the story is about? Why and why did the author write the story?

What is the setting of the passage below? One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of the morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

winter in a train station of a busy city

Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer. Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball. They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score. Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates. What is the main idea?

Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.

Soccer players learn how to dribble.

They learn how to work together as teammates.

Jenny visited her grandmother in the hospital. She saw how kind and helpful the nurses were to her grandmother. Now she wants to be a nurse when she grows up. She wants to help sick people get well. What is the main idea?

Her grandmother was in the hospital.

Jenny was glad the nurses were being kind to her grandmother.

Read the following passage and then answer the question. As soon as she arrived at grandmother's house, Jessica ran into her bedroom to look at the blue quilt. It covered her grandmother's bed and was Jessica's favorite. It had patches of dark blue, medium blue, and light blue, with pictures of birds and flowers on every other patch. Jessica liked to take naps with the quilt wrapped around her. She loved the way it felt so soft and warm against her skin. Whenever she was visiting grandma, just looking at the quilt made Jessica happy.

Jessica loved her grandmother's quilt.

Jessica's grandmother has a pretty blue quilt.

Jessica took naps at her grandmother's house.

Which best describes a summary?

the main ideas and important details of a text

a really long detailed piece of writing

the entire text told in your own words

a dumb thing that teachers make you write

What is the difference between retelling and summarizing?

A retell is telling about all the events while a summary only talks about main ideas.

A summary is a long detailed paragraph and a retell is not.

Retelling and summarizing are the same thing.

Retelling is a word used for little kids and summarizing is used for big kids.

It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. The Summary of this passage is:

Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.

Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.

The camels were swatting flies with their tails.

the vantage point, or perspective of a story

the reader's opinion or perspective

How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?

Pronouns like I, my, and we are used.

Pronouns like I, my, and him are used.

The author is addressing the reader.

The narrator is not in the story.

In the seventeenth century, the Incan people of South America had an empire that stretched more than 2,500 miles. They built highways throughout their empire. One of their tunnels extended 750 feet through a mountain cliff. One of their rope suspension bridges is still used today. From this article you cannot tell......

why the roads were important to the Inca.

if the Inca were skilled in engineering.

In a radio interview, Albert Einstein was once asked whether he got his great thoughts while relaxing in the bathtub, walking, or sitting in his office. Einstein replied, "I don't really know. I've only had one or maybe two." From this story you can tell that Einstein......

thought too much value was placed on his ideas.

thought much like the interviewer.

What is the definition of an "internal" conflict?

An issue that a character faces within him/her self.

A hero in a story that saves many lives.

A problem that a character has with other characters.

A struggle between a character and a family member.

A struggle between two opposing forces.

SOL Review ELA

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English

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8th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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CCSS

RL.6.3, RL.8.3, RL.7.2

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Margaret Anderson

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The author's message about life is known as the story's -

main conflict

purpose

summary

theme

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Matt is having a hard time figuring out what to write for the essay his English teacher assigned. The main conflict can best be described as individual vs. -

self

individual

society

nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The initiating event is the event that causes the _____ to start.

resolution

theme

solution

conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The hero swoops in to save the girl tied to the tracks right before the train hits her. This is an example of what plot element?

main conflict

climax

falling action

resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The ______ is the very end of the story.

exposition

rising action

climax

resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When describing the setting of the story, an author uses vivid descriptions and adjective to help the reader picture the place in his mind. This is called -

imagery

connecting

predicting

figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Mrs. Peace's eyes welled up with an ocean of feeling when all of her students passed the Reading SOL. What type of figurative language is in this sentence?

simile

metaphor

personification

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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Matt is having a hard time figuring out what to write for the essay his English teacher assigned. The main conflict can best be described as individual vs. -

The initiating event is the event that causes the _____ to start.

The hero swoops in to save the girl tied to the tracks right before the train hits her. This is an example of what plot element?

The ______ is the very end of the story.

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