ELA MCAS REVIEW

What does ENTERTAIN mean?

• to give information; to teach; to educate
• to intend enjoyment, laughter, or pleasure
• to convince to do, feel, or believe something
• to enter a train, which is or is not moving

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

protagonist

• a word that means the opposite of another word
• a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
• a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other words
• the central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story (sometimes called the hero or heroine)

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Another way of saying theme

• setting
• plot
• central idea
• resolution

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Theme means...

•  the title of a piece of literature
• the topic of a piece of literature
• the overall message of a piece of literature
• the feeling of a piece of literature 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In a story, point of view means...

• the perspective the author uses to tell the story

• whether or not a story has a narrator

• the author's opinion about the events in the story

• what the reader can see about the story

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Problem in any piece of literature.

• Symbolism

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Conflict

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When the author shows/tells the audience what the personality of the character is.

• Characterization

• Personification

• Idiom

• Allusion

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are sound words such as BANG, BAM, and BOING examples of?

• Similie
• Idiom
• Onomatopoeia
• Sounds

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Characters who do not change throughout the story are called

• static

• dynamic

• boring

• unreliable

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3