ELA 6-8 Diagnostic Assessment

All the parts of the story that make the story what it is.

• plot
•  setting
• main character
• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The process of identifying similarities and differences.

• Comparison
• Analysis
• Synthesize
• Description

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

There is a child sleeping upstairs quietly, when all of a sudden there is a loud "THUMP!"  We can infer that:

• The child continued to sleep calmly
• The child fell out of bed
• The child was eating a bag of chips
• The child was reading a book

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

"Reading skills are a map to the world," is an example of which figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

To entertain the reader, explain or inform, express an opinion, or persuade the reader to believe or do something

• Fact and opinion
• Prior knowledge
• Author's purpose
• Questioning

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

What is the definition of a theme?

• A stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse, or within the lines of a poem

• The summary of a passage or piece of writing

• The main message or life lesson that can be learned from a piece of literature

• A comparison of two unlike objects using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

An inference is...

• Text evidence + what you know
• Retelling a text
• Making a guess without evidence
• Information written directly into the text.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is the definition of rhyme?

• An extreme exaggeration

• Words that represent sound

• The repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems or songs

• An interruption of the chronological sequence of an event that happened earlier

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The reading SOL had like 500 passages," is an example of which figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is the definition of a main idea?

• A stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse, or within the lines of a poem

• The summary of a passage or piece of writing

• The main message or life lesson that can be learned from a piece of literature

• A comparison of two unlike objects using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2